San Jose firefighters on Black Friday were asking shoppers to help Fill the Boot while they filled their shopping carts.

The firefighters' annual campaign raises funds for the San Jose Firefighters Burn Foundation, which pays for equipment and training for the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Burn Unit.

The funds also support burn survivors through camps for children and support groups for adults.

Christina Woznicki, a burn survivor and advocate, was filling the boot alongside firefighters Friday because she knows what critical help they deliver.

"I was cooking a big pot of pasta, and I went to strain it, and the boiling water went down my legs and my feet," Woznicki said, recalling her burn injuries. "So, I have a couple of skin grafts, and I was in the burn unit for two weeks and a

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