auxiliary news and events
September 1, 2019 Newsletter
The Forest Lakes Fire District Auxiliary would like to thank the community for their support over the Labor Day weekend. Many “I’ll Be At The Cabin” shirts were sold at both the Pancake Breakfast and the Ice Cream Social. There are still shirts available and they will be sold at our last fundraising event of the season, OktoberFest, on September 14, 2019. We are already designing a new shirt for next year, design while there are still some available.
We had a great turnout for the Ice Cream Social, even though the weather was stormy, including hail! We would like to take a minute to thank the host of volunteers who assisted in making this a successful event: They include: Helen Noyes, Steve Noyes, Cindy Preston, Karen and Joe Ruet, Linda Leather and her granddaughters, Madelyn and Addison, Alexis Long and her niece Bella, Taryn Long, Tatum Long, Brayden Long, Darien Long, Riley Bennett, Cooper Bennett, Pat and John Hennessey, Dennis Massion, Shane Williams, Paul Taylor, Sally Rottier, Faye Hubele, Debbie Terry, Renae Ramos, Mardy Zimmerman, and Tom Cummiskey. A special thank you goes out to Chief Rodriquez and his team. We appreciated all their efforts in moving trucks, tables, chairs, cleanup, etc. Thank you, also, to those who contributed the wonderful home-baked goodies for this event.
The Forest Lakes Fire District has requested that the Auxiliary assist with the purchase of a thermal imaging camera. This piece of equipment would serve several purposes and would be a valuable addition to the District’s inventory of potentially life savings tools. As mentioned earlier, our final fundraising event of the season will be OktoberFest, being held at the fire station. Dinner is served from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2019. All proceeds from this event will go directly to the purchase of this piece of equipment. We will have a cornhole tournament, live music, brats, dogs, and all the fixin’s. Because it is OktoberFest, BYOB will be allowed. Please join us for dinner and help us support this community’s great Fire Department in their needs.
Finally, we had our elections at our August meeting, and we have one new Board member, Scott Keele. We are happy to have him join our team. We would like to give a special thanks to Paul Taylor for his service over the last few years. Our current Board is now: Jan Cummiskey, Chairman, Chris Bennett, Vice-Chairman, Linda Faber, Secretary, Scott Keele, Treasurer, and Dick Zimmerman, Member-at-Large.
Forest Lakes Fire District Auxiliary
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Forest Lakes Fire District Auxiliary purchases / donations in support of FLFD
2007 Search rescue masks / Web update ---------------------------------------------- $ 399.64
2008 Fire shelters / Radio strap holders & speaker microphone holder--------$ 1,719.62
2009 Auto pulse & cert training -----------------------------------------------------------$ 15,010.00
2011 Support for a drowning at Willow Spring Lake -------------------------------- $ 902.49
2012 Update PC system --------------------------------------------------------------------$ 8,000.00
2013 Stryker power load + upgrade ( included $15,000 targeted donation) --$ 22,593.29
2014 Stryker power load install/warranty, attack truck Wildland pump
light bar for Battalion 12 , fire proof 4 drawer lateral file cabinet---------$ 14,545.34
2015 Dedicated reserve for emergency supplies, targeted donation for
front end Loader, open house cost, wildland grant, targeted donation
front end loader from quilt -----------------------------------------------------------$ 6,804.49
2016 Mini-pumper (incl $5,000 donation to FLFD 2015 & $5,000 targeted
donation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------$ 27,416.57
Donation new building set up, target donation $15 K heart monitor ---$ 29,954.32
2017 Targeted building donation-crew quarters -------------------------------- ---$ 10,000.00
2018 Donation to FLFD was $10,000 / Donation for concrete $2,500 -----------$ 12,500.00
Current total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$149,845.76
