By Anne Eickstadt

REPORTER

On Sunday, March 5, the Garden Prairie volunteer firefighters held a fundraising breakfast. Breakfast consisted of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, huge sausage patties, coffee, milk, chocolate milk, and bottled water.

“We hold this every year,” Firefighter and event spokesperson Brian Block said. “We only ask for donations. It is our annual fundraiser for new equipment and training, and we use a little of the money to improve this breakfast event.”

Improvements to the breakfast process include warming stations and upgraded kitchen-wear.

“We have put in a warming cabinet to be able to serve food better, and we upgraded to new grills. We are doing bacon for the first time today. That is going very well,” Block said. “Basically, we hold this breakfast to show our thanks and to support the community. This is something good we can do to thank the community.”

This fundraiser is more for the community. The fundraiser that really racks in the money for the firefighters is the donut stand at the Boone County Fair each year.

“Our big fundraiser is our donut stand at the Boone County Fair. We usually have long lines,” Block said. “That fundraiser is for a wider area.”

The firefighter’s breakfast each year is to give thanks to a smaller portion of the community the firefighters serve.

“This breakfast event is for the local community. We usually do 700 to 800 people,” Block said. “We offer fire safety pages and crayons that the kids can color while waiting for their food. A lot of the guys have done this event for many years. We have about 30 volunteer firefighters here today.”

Not only do the firefighters raise money through the attraction of a good meal, but through healthy exercise as well.

“Our annual 5K event is in the fall,” Block said. “On Oct. 8, we will have a golf outing at Timber Point. One hundred percent of those proceeds will go to scholarships for our high school grads who will be going into a medical or firefighting profession.”

For more information about the Boone County Fire District II Firefighters Association, find them on Facebook.

 
 
 
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