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Firefighters for Healing welcomed guests to the sold-out Red Tie Gala at the Marriott in City Center in downtown Minneapolis. The annual event — which included a cocktail hour, silent auction and three-course dinner — raises funds for Camp RED. Standing for Realize Every Dream, the program provides summer camp scholarships to kids age 6 to 15 who have suffered burn trauma. The nonprofit Firefighters for Healing was started by Minneapolis firefighter Jake LaFerriere after he was hurt in a 2010 house fire.
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