Outside, the Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad showed visitors how they removed crash victims from cars while the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department brought its smokehouse to teach children how to be safe inside a home.
New Hope United Methodist Church held a rock-a-thon for Relay for Life while Smith Family Martial Arts held rummage sale to raise funds for a competition team trip to nationals in Florida.
“We decided to do fundraisers this year,” Warren Smith said. “Last year I paid for four out of my pocket.”
The rummage sale moved swiftly, Smith said. “We had people buying stuff before we set up.”
Mike Felt and Sue Wage volunteered with Citizens on Patrol to fingerprint children and collect DNA samples. “It’s an education process for the public as to the importance of documenting a child’s fingerprints and DNA,” Felt said. “That will stay with a child for their entire life. DNA never changes so for parents it’s a way to document their vital statistics and to use should a child ever be abducted.”
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