The unexpected generosity of donors expanded an effort to equip local gillnetters with inflatable raingear suspenders.
Organizer Randa Szymanski said this week she’s received about 250 individual donations totaling more than $31,000. “The money just keeps coming in,” Szymanski said.
The donations bought 173 pairs of inflatable suspenders, 100 inflatable vests and 100 throw-line bags. The bags prevent tangling of 100-foot lines attached to life rings. Szymanski started handing out the safety items at the…
