Firefighter Eric Botkin Needs Your Help

Hallie Botkin and her husband are fighting a serious battle with cancer. Hallie works in the Special Education Department here at Chaparral High School. She teaches students with moderate disabilities community and functional life skills. She has been teaching for 12 years and has been in the Temecula Unified School District for 8 years. Her husband, Eric, is a Riverside City Firefighter / Paramedic diagnosed with brain cancer. Eric started his dream of becoming a firefighter by first working for the Orange County Fire Authority as a Paid-Call firefighter. His first career firefighter job was for the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro. In 1998, he was hired by the Riverside City Fire Department. During his career with RFD he served as a firefighter, a firefighter/medic and an arson investigator. He worked for the RFD for 10 years, and then in 2007 he was diagnosed with brain cancer and had to medically retire in October of 2008. They have been together for 23 years, have been married for 16 and have a nine year old son. In an effort to rally the entire Chaparral family and Temecula community behind them, I am organizing a Faculty Follies Fundraiser. It is scheduled for Thursday April 16th at 6:30 pm in the gym. We have some very talented teachers eager to showcase their skills for a very worthy cause. Tickets are $5. To avoid the long line, you may purchase tickets in advance at the book keepers office. We will also have a silent auction that night. You can help by ...



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