THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR MI WUK / SUGAR PINE FIRE STATION FUND RAISER

Community participation for our Spaghetti Dinner, put on by the Mi Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Protection District Auxiliary, yesterday afternoon so warmed my heart!  It was fabulous.  Tables were FULL, chatter was constant, workers were busy, diners left full........and as always, the committee who pulled it together learned a few things.  If all goes well we'll be presenting another SPAGHETTI DINNER next September, on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.

I was chairman of the event and I must thank my awesome committee members:  Margie Bowen, Linda Clark and Alice Smith.  Together we are a real t-e-a-m.  But then we couldn't have made it happen without the super support of Auxiliary Members, women and men.   There were over 25 Auxiliary members helping with set up, cooking, serving and clean up----all those things that just "miraculously happen".  THANK YOU TO ALL for supporting our fire department and our community.

Thanks also goes to the gals who donated items for and then created our great raffle baskets.  They were a hit and they brought in nearly $500 which will be used to purchase necessary safety equipment for our department upon their request.

It takes a VILLAGE to make it all happen!

Below:  The Committee, who put in many hours behind the scenes, ahead of the event:  

Blythe, Linda, Margie, Alice

And finally (woohoo!) thank you to Dave and Cindy Zbin and Monica, faithful blog readers, for finding me and introducing yourselves.  That meant so much and it was just great to meet local part-timers with whom I've exchanged a bunch of emails.  You guys made my day.  And Loretta, you're included in that group as well.

Making it all happen:

Russ Klipple and Denny Bowen (and Blythe) were at the station at 6 a.m. getting the sauce going:  50 diced onions sautéd first:

Above:  the garlic is added.  Below:  diced tomatoes and puree were added, followed by the herbs.

Below:  Firefighter Neil Gamez (new daddy) took care of all of the bread after Jessie, Marti and Karin buttered it.

Below:  Three of my grandchildren plus my son put the ice cream into the cooler.  Thanks Zion, Austin and Nora.  And adult supervisor, Jason.

Thanks again for coming out on this lovely warm September evening.