On December 27, 2001 my niece died in a house fire, four days before her tenth birthday while spending the night at a friends house. The cause of the fire has gone undetermined, however, the cause of her death was smoke inhalation.

The home in which she was staying did not have operable smoke detectors. None of the three smoke detectors in the home had batteries in them. We were informed by the fire marshal that had the smoke detectors been in working condition he was 99.9% sure Jamie would be alive today. Smoke detectors are your first line of defense in a fire. Fire injures or kills over 40,000 children per year in the United States.     Read More -->

Sixth Annual Dinner/Dance Saturday, November 3, 2007     7:00pm - 12:00am Laurel View Country Club 310 West Shepard Avenue, Hamden, Connecticut 06514. Live music by Mean Carlene, Buffet dinner, beer, wine and soda included. Tickets are $50.00 each. All proceeds go toward operable smoke detector awareness. If you want tickets to please contact us.