CRESTVIEW — Corizon’s medical staff, who work in the Okaloosa County Jail, has organized a fundraiser to help a co-worker and her husband.
Proceeds from an upcoming barbecue will benefit the Okaloosa man, who experienced serious burns last month.
The cost is $10 per plate, which includes a barbecue sandwich, baked beans, coleslaw, a pickle and cake. Fax orders to 689-7933 on or before Aug. 17 or text them to 850-826-3017.
Plates will be delivered, or available for pick-up, between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Aug. 18. The pick-up location is 498 Wilson St., Crestview at Convergence Coffeehouse (behind Casbah Coffee Shop).
Adam Ladson, an electrical contractor, was in his bucket truck replacing lights June 20 outside a CVS drugstore in Walton County when he came in contact with power lines.
Ladson’s clothes, his vehicle and the flower bed below him caught fire. Gulf Power had to be called to shut the power off before Ladson could be removed from his bucket.
He was taken by air ambulance to USA Medical Center in Mobile, Ala., in critical condition with burns on 55 percent of his body.
Ladson has been in ICU for over a month. He has had multiple surgeries and will soon go to rehabilitation for several weeks.
“The Ronald McDonald house is only available to family of sick children,” a spokesperson tied to the barbecue said. “We are trying to rally the community to help this family as much as possible. They are longtime residents of Okaloosa County.”
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Barbecue to benefit Okaloosa family