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Anonymous resident pays for firefighters' groceries

An anonymous resident paid the grocery bill for Vandalia firefighters. Photo contributed.
An anonymous resident paid the grocery bill for Vandalia firefighters. Photo contributed.
Nov 24, 2015

Vandalia firefighters who had to leave Kroger for a medical call came back to the store to find someone had paid for their groceries.

According to a post on the Vandalia Division of Fire Facebook page, second platoon firefighters were finishing their daily grocery shopping Sunday morning when they had to leave to respond to a medical emergency call. When they returned, they were told by management that a citizen had paid for their groceries in appreciation for what they do for the community.

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A note on the receipt from the anonymous citizen says “Thank you for your service! All of you helped when I had a fire earlier this year. God Bless!”

Second platoon firefighters were finishing their daily grocery shopping yesterday morning when they had to leave to...

Posted by City of Vandalia Division of Fire on Monday, November 23, 2015

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