In 2005 the members of the Honor Guard were looking for a way to give back to the community. We decided to start a "Shop With a Firefighter" program.  We take school children from families in need and let them go Christmas shopping. Each child has a $100 gift card to spend on presents for their family and themselves. Meijer corporation has donated 15-$100 gift cards since our first event. After shopping the children are taken back to one of our fire stations for a pizza party and to wrap their presents.  Donations are collected from the firefighters, fire administration, and the employees from West Bloomfield Town Hall. Original Romanos of Orchard Lake donates the food.  Entertainment Express donates our transportation trolley. As our program continues to grow we are able to help more families. This year we received a new donor in the Carhartt Corporation, they made a very generous donation to our program. In the future we will be able to do much more to help the entire family for the holidays and beyond. To see a video about the program http://civiccentertv.com/shop-with-a-firefighter-2014/

2005 - 12 Children

2006 - 20

2007 - 22

2008 - 23

2009 - 19

2010 - 20

2011 - 20

2012 - 20

2013 - 13 children and family

2014 - 20 children and family

2015 - 12 children and family

2016 - 12 children and family

We would like to thank all of our Donors:

The West Bloomfield Firefighters - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

The West Bloomfield Fire Department Administration - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Meijer - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

The Original Romanos - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Romana's - 2014

Jet's Pizza - 2015

West Bloomfield Township Hall Employees -  2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Entertainment Express Limousine - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Carhartt - 2013

Home Rehab Services of Michigan Birthday Club - 2013

Audette Cadillac - 2007

Sylvan Market - 2008

Orchard Lake Marathon - 2008

Busch's Market - 2008

Larry Peters of Novi - 2009

Glenda Grass of Keego Harbor - 2009

The Zora Family of Warren - 2009

Nicole Nelson - 2008, 2009

Ned's Flooring Removal 2014

     Also in 2007, we began a "back to school with a firefighter" program where we purchased bookbags and filled them with school supplies and dropped them off at local elementary schools to be handed out to children who needed them.