Chicken BBQ a Success!

Although ticket sales are still being counted, it was clear from the great weather and the large turnout that this year's chicken barbeque fund raiser was a huge success. First, a big "thank you" to Fred Jones and Harold Holmes who coordinated and co-chaired the event. Great job guys! Running an event of this size requires a huge time commitment from a large number of people, so thanks also...

...to Jeff Doskos of Haddam Fire for spending the better part of Saturday working in the pit.

...to Dana Andrew, Tim Dickes, Dave Peterson and Craig Butterworth for working in the pit all day and then really stepping it up by showering and returning to help serve dinners and clean up afterwards - in all about 14 hours of work in one day.

...to the following people for helping out in any way possible during the event:

Jennifer Trevisan

Mary Andrew

Bailey Andrew

Owen Andrew

Whitney Andrew

Joanne DeJohn

Jeremy Higgins

Nicholas Higgins

Dale Higgins

Cassey Osterhoudt

Danielle Darley

Mikaela Cody

Nicole Augeri

Zack Newton

Louis Zanette

Martha Holmes

Bridget Ernst

Marissa Aldieri

The WFD would also like to send out special thanks to Emma Rathbun and Rocky Collins at SERVPRO, Inc. (pictured with Chief Lockwood in front of Engine 2) who provided sponsorship to the barbeque. A SERVPRO francise is local to the Westfield District and is the specialist in fire and water damage cleanup. Guys - thanks for being such a great, supportive neighbor!