The drive is being held Saturday in the Walmart parking lot
SAULT STE. MARIE (AP) -- Sault Ste. Marie firefighters and Lake Superior State University fire science students are joining up to hold a boot drive to collect funds for the people of Japan.
The event is set for Saturday in a Walmart parking lot in the Upper Peninsula community.
Fire Chief Jason Thorpe tells The Evening News the department's last two boot drives came in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks.
City Manager Spencer Nebel says 100 percent of the donated money will go directly to help the people of Japan for relief efforts.
Hundreds of thousands of survivors remain camped out in schools and civic buildings two weeks after the tsunami and earthquake in Japan, with the official death toll passing 10,000 people on Friday.
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Information from: The Evening News,
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