The Central Community Foundation recently granted the Langston Fire Department $4,700 for updating equipment. The department requested the funds for new hoses, nozzles, LED flashlights and gear bags. The Langston Fire Department has 13 volunteer firefighters and assists the Coyle Fire Department and the Meridian Fire Department, also in Central’s service territory.

The Langston Fire Department will be hosting its annual cookout at Langston Lake on Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. For more information contact BJ at 405-466-2280 or langstoncityfire@gmail.com

Grants from the Central Community Foundation are made possible by Central members who round up their monthly electric bills to the nearest dollar. These funds are put into the foundation, which distributes them to people in need throughout Central’s seven-county service area.

The foundation has five fields of interest: healthcare, education, disaster relief, personal need and community purpose. For more information and to see the impact the Central Community Foundation is making, visit MyCentral.Foundation.