Fundraiser---April 25th

^Bear and his aunts out on the tarmac^

^The collection boot with the statue for Brian at the WFF table^

^Bear offering Smokey cookies^

^Bear trying to decide what he thinks of Smokey^

^Quilt for the silent auction made by one of the widows from T-09^

Just thought I'd put a couple photos on here from the fundraiser we put on for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. We turned a sad day into a happy one. The amount of money we raised just seems to keep climbing. We really didn't put any expectations on it to begin with. We started with giving the Foundation $4300.00 the night of the fundraiser, and we just keep having more come in. As we tally it up we keep getting closer to $9000.00. Holy cow! We have a great community that is very generous. It is too bad foundations like this are needed, but since they are it is nice to help them support the families of firefighters.

Bear had fun running all over with his aunts in the hanger. He also got to meet Smokey the Bear. At first he wasn't too sure, but he wasn't afraid of him. Bear just offered Smokey his cookies and then growled at him.

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves at our event. We were happy with the turn-out. We don't know if it will happen next year or not. We've had people ask about it, but we just don't know.