April Safe Firefighter

A congratulations to our April Safe Firefighters, Matthew Waldroup and Richard Skrip. They have both excelled in the area of Safety & Health standards for the month of April as per their Officers. Each will receive a Safe Firefighter Certificate, as well, tickets for the Pelicans baseball games. A thank you to the Pelicans for sponsoring our Safe firefighter program.

Richard Skrip

Matthew Waldroup

Great job fellas, keep up the good work!

Healthy Recipes

Quick Chicken Chili

Description

4 servings

about $2.47 per serving

Cooking spray
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts or tenderloins  or 1 pound ground white meat chicken or turkey
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 medium bell pepper, chopped (any color)
1 teaspoon or 3 cloves minced garlic
2 cups fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth (or 1 16-oz can)
2 ( 15.5 oz) cans no-salt-added or low-sodium beans, drained and rinsed (mix or match pinto, red, kidney or navy)
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional)
1  medium jalapeno, chopped (optional if you like spicy chili)
Chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
1/2 cup low-fat or fat free sour cream (optional)

1.     Remove visible fat from chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces.

2.     Spray large pot with cooking spray. Add chicken, onion, garlic, chili powder (optional) or jalapeno (optional) cooking over medium-heat until chicken is no longer pink (about 7 minutes)

3.     Lightly mash the drained, rinsed beans with a fork.

4.     Add all remaining ingredients to chicken mixture and simmer on high for 10 minutes.

5.     Spoon chili into bowls and top with chopped fresh cilantro and/or dollop of sour cream (optional)

Budget Tip: when buying chicken, tenderloins are often less expensive than breasts – in recipes like this one where you cut the chicken into bit-size pieces the cut makes no difference so pick whatever’s cheaper! Be sure to check for specials or sales.

Per serving:

Calories	344
Total Fat	3.0 g
Saturated Fat	0.5 g
Trans Fat	0.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat	0.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat	1.0 g
Cholesterol	73 mg
Sodium	174 mg
Carbohydrates	41 g
Fiber	10 g
Sugars	7 g
Protein	39 g

Dietary Exchanges:  2  1/2 starch, 1 vegetable, 4 lean meat

Boston Marathon Charities

We are all aware of many valid and possibly invalid charities for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Unfortunately the incident is closer to many of us here, our good friend Bill Petritonio (retired FF from Everett MA) who now lives in Winston Salem and comes down to train with many of our guys on the challenge circuit, had his daughter-her boyfriend & brother badly wounded in the race. Jacqui is doing much better though had to have multiple surgeries. Her boyfriend Paul and his brother are still in the hospital and they both lost a leg from this tragedy.

Here you will find the link to a specific fundraiser just for the 3 of them. The family thanks any and all the support possible.    

http://www.gofundme.com/2mwd0c

TEAM HORRY

Check out the TEAM HORRY Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/188619067841835/