27-03-2025
Petrolia Spring Festival to raise money for VFD new rescue truck
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Petrolia is ringing in the spring on Saturday, March 29, with an event to raise money for its volunteer fire department's new rescue truck.
Cynthia Anderson, organizer of this event and creator of Texas Brew Radio, said that those attending will pitch in to help the Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department with a new rescue squad truck that will ensure they have everything needed for any emergencies in the area.
Southwest Regional Rabbit Show in downtown Wichita Falls
Anderson is no stranger to music. She's helped three artists get their names out across the globe and hopes to do the same for more local artists in the area.
'We are hoping to get enough community support to where we can open this venue full-time and have a community center where we do a family night Thursday and Friday, no alcohol,' Anderson said. 'Support a different vendor every week out of the concession area and just bring live music and new artists to the area, and a lot of them are targeting radio artists as well.'
Anderson is hoping her new venue inside Big Blue will help do just that: get local artists exposure.
'Music is medicine and all of the venues and stuff are requiring our artists to be puppets. And you do not get the healing property from music that you do when you're trying to copy something else. It comes from originality and passion and soul, and you don't get that in cover songs. And so our mission is to support it, to support music,' Anderson said.
Anderson is dedicated to helping local artists and is also helping the Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department obtain some much-needed emergency equipment.
'They need to raise $75,000 for a first responder vehicle. They already had the truck donated, but they have to box it in to where it can haul medical supplies steadily. And the town only has 515 people. So we literally created a care bear countdown of music. We have over 40 artists that have donated music, CDs, merch, stickers, whatever music related,' Anderson said.
There are 40 vendors, all coming together to help a community in need.
Click here for more information on the Petrolia Spring Festival event, to donate, or to set up a booth as a vendor.
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