911 gives hope

Before the fighters step into the ring on April 9th for Guns and Hoses 9, they'll have to step on the scale at Show Me's East Friday Night.

Over the weekend, a few of my co-workers around the station and I got together at the annual Home Show to participate in the first annual Building Hope Playhouse Build. The task was to build a playhouse over two days that would be auctioned off to raise money for 911 Gives Hope.

We wanted to extend a thank you to Pet Smart, for donating brand new toys to 911 Gives Hope for the Holidays! We just picked up pallets and pallets of adorable, lovable, stuffed furry friends that will be given to pediatric patients at five local facilities this year!

Every year, Santa visits 911 Gives Hope for the Holidays. Okay, we aren't talking the fakey Santa that stuffs his belly with a pillow. No, we are talking the real, Old Saint Nicholas; Father Christmas; Papai Noel.

Cops and firefighters from around the Tri-State will trade in the boxing gloves for hockey skates to raise money for 911 Gives Hope.

The boxing gloves are coming off, and the hockey gloves are going on as the men and women of 911 Gives Hope hit the ice to raise money for their worthy cause.

Remember the joy of rising early on Christmas morning to find a mound of brightly wrapped packages piled under a twinkling evergreen as a child? Remember the chill of the morning air, the smell of the tree and the feeling that everyone else is moving in slow motion when all you want to do is tear into the presents? What if you had awoken one Christmas morning to IV tubes, needles and the feeling o

Stromfest is back...with Pizza King and 103GBF! Last year's event was a such a success that they just had to do it again. Stromfest 2011 is going on now through the end of September, and will raise money for local charities 911 Gives Hope and the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville.

Four years ago when Evansville Police officers and Firefighters decided to put on a charity boxing match to benefit local children, 911 Gives Hope and Guns & Hoses were born. After the first Guns & Hoses, 911 gives hope was able to distribute about $20,000 to local children's charities.

The 4th annual Guns & Hoses charity boxing event is coming up this Saturday night at Roberts Stadium. Area cops and firefighters will go head to head in 15 boxing matches...trying to raise a ton of money for 911 Gives Hope. I had the chance to talk to a couple of firefighters who will be fighting Saturday night. Yo...

It's now time for you to cast your vote as to who you think should be a Ring Girl at this year's Guns & Hoses. Check out all of the pictures at the gallery and then cast your vote!