2021 Fish Fry Donation Request

Dear Friends,

Greetings from the Doss Volunteer Fire Department!  We hope this note finds you and your family healthy and ready to get back to a normal life with COVID19 in our past.   Due to COVID19 we were unable to hold our annual Fish Fry and Prize Giveaway in 2020.   But with the help of your support we were able to operate our department with the funds that were sent in.  Thank you for being there in our time of need.   With that being said, we are here once again ready to kick off our donation drive for the Doss Volunteer Fire Dept.’s 37^th Annual Fish Fry and Prize Giveaway which will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2021.

The mission of the Doss Volunteer Fire Department is to provide the best possible first response service for our community and mutual aid for the surrounding area.  The annual fish fry raises funds to cover our annual operating costs, including necessary training and gear to protect our fire fighters and equipment upgrades as required.  With the past year behind us and the ice storm of February 2021 we realize the importance of keeping our fire station fully functional during emergencies. During the Ice Storm we were able to run power at the fire station with generators that were borrowed.  This helped us keep our equipment ready to respond to emergencies as well as provide a place for folks in the Doss area to warm up, eat a hot meal, take a shower and get water for their use as well as water for livestock.   Our members went out into the community to do wellness checks and help those who needed to be moved to a place of warmth and delivered hot meals. Communication was also very important since the generators let us run our base station which was one of the few ways we could communicate with dispatch in Fredericksburg.  We are now in the process of analyzing what our needs are to provide emergency power to our fire station and drilling our own well to provide water for the station.  This fund raiser will help us in attaining these goals.

Should you wish to donate a prize or cash to purchase a prize, please contact me at 830-669-2352 by July 1, 2021.  Your donations of $100 or more may be applied towards our grand prize or other major prizes.  We are also seeking sponsors to help defray the cost of the Fish Fry itself.  Please note on your donation how you wish it to be used:  prize giveaway or sponsorship.

We look forward to having you join us on Saturday, September 4, 2021 for the Fish Fry.   Serving begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Doss Fire Station, which is located at 14500 N. Ranch Rd. 783 in Doss.  Should you wish to find out more about our department or to make a donation on line, please visit our website at dossvfd.org.

With sincere thanks,

Tuttie Geistweidt, Doss VFD Prize Committee