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Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Petrolia supports their fire department with a Spring Festival
PETROLIA (KFDX/KJTL)— The town of Petrolia is rallying around its volunteer fire department to get them vital equipment. The rallying cry took the form of the Petrolia Spring Festival. Right in the center of town vendors gathered to celebrate the spring season. Proceeds raised from the festival will help pay for a response bed for Petrolia VFD to put on their new truck. the new bed can cost anywhere from $45-75 thousand and Petrolia business owners Anita and Rickey Myatt thought the Spring Festival was the best way to raise the funds. 'They're wanting to set it up as a rescue, which would allow them to be able to do extractions and provide services at car wrecks and things like that in this area a lot better,' Rickey said. 'So, we felt the need to try to do our part with the community and help out.' Live music was another attraction at the festival put towards raising money for the fire department. Cynthia Anderson and Texas Brew Radio brought several musicians together to play and many musicians along with the rest of the town put forth admirable efforts to raise the necessary funds for the fire department. 'Daryl Perry is a charting Texas artist, Greg Strawn, Kim Hunter is the original founder of Texas Brew Radio and it's really beautiful to see so many people just pulling together,' Anderson said. Once the fire department can buy the new truck bed, it will assist them on medical calls which make up the majority of the Petrolia fire department's calls. In 2025 alone, medical calls have accounted for more than 75% of the Petrolia VFD's responses. If you missed the event but you still want to donate to the Petrolia VFD, you still can. Anderson recommended just making out a check to the fire department and sending it to their address in Petrolia. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
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. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
