APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – One week after an Appleton firefighter was fatally shot while responding to a medical call, the community continues stepping up to help Mitch Lundgaard’s family.
Cash donations are going to the official ‘go fund me’ page, and even dropped off at city fire stations.
A Midwest Communications fundraiser at Appleton Fire stations Thursday brought in more than $31 thousand.
Midwest Communications teamed up with the Appleton Fire Department for live fundraising broadcasts today at Appleton Fire Stations #1, #2, and #6.
Community members got the chance to shake a firefighter’s hand and make a donation.
Mitchell Lundgaard, a fourteen year veteran of the Appleton Fire Department was struck by gunfire along during a medical assistance call on May 15th at the Valley Transit Center on East Washington.
Lundgaard had a wife and three young children.
Photos from the Fundraiser https://wtaq.com/galleries/6653/
Check out the Mitchell Lundgaard Wall of Honor at https://wtaq.com/blogs/wall-of-honor/711/mitchell-lundgaard-wall-of-honor/?fbclid=IwAR3JpX8wr1cHBe0BdI5RfIvKeVDmEprku8aWSV4Q_aB4x45czdQspdsk96s
