Upstate Shredding Donates $25,000 to Owego, N.Y., Fire Department

Adam Weitsman, president of Upstate Shredding and Ben Weitsman & Son, Owego, N.Y., has donated $25,000 to the Owego Fire Department to help build the classroom portion of the city’s Volunteer Fire Department’s new training campus. In a news release, Village Fire Chief Ed Franz says the donation is the largest the building project has received.

“This donation gives us the shot in the arm needed to complete the classrooms,” Franz says. “We’re grateful to Adam and to the Weitsman companies.”

Adam Weitsman, president of Upstate Shredding, says, “The Fire Department is an important part of the community of Owego, and I’m glad to be able to support them."

Owego Mayor Ed Arrington says, “This new facility will be a real boost to the community. We’ll be able to train our future and current firefighters here. The Weitsman family has always thought of the community first; on behalf of the people of Owego, I want to thank Adam Weitsman for his most generous gift.”