Renton Firefighters will be out on the street today for their annual Fill the Boot event, hoping to raise $18,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Firefighters will be at the corner of Sunset and Duvall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., filling their boots with donations from motorists. They will be joined by Cody Bedynek, an MDA client and Renton resident, whom the station adopted along with his parents.

Last year the Renton Fire and Emergency Services Department raised more than $14,000 for MDA.

MDA is a non-profit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services.