CHESTERVILLE – The Fire Department borrowed a special guest Friday, dropping off gifts and a Christmas dinner for a local family.
Katie Dunham, a member of the Chesterville Fire Department helped rally the department to reach out and help a former member and his family. Doug Blauvelt is a former Chesterville firefighter whose wife Sherry has been recently ill.
The two have had a big impact on the good work they do for many people, Dunham noted, including the three children they adopted, in order to give them a promising, brighter future.
Donations came in from a number of community members to help the family out this Christmas.
Santa Claus was “kidnapped” on Friday, Dec. 23 at 1 p.m. by the firefighters, before he makes his official rounds on Saturday night, and dropped off a full Christmas dinner and gifts for six children at the Blauvelt family home. Santa was the biggest surprise for the family, as he showed up at the residence in a fire truck.
“Kidnapping Santa, just boosted the holiday cheer for the entire family,” Dunham said. “Our thanks as a department go out to everyone who gave for this family. We are especially grateful to all those that helped us pull off this holiday surprise.”
Merry Christmas to the Blauvelt family, and to the Chesterville firefighters who helped spread the feeling of Christmas!
What a great group of fire fighters to go one more step to helpa family in need. Merry Christmas to the Beauvelt family and all the firefighters
God Bless you chesterville fire department. Great Job
Thats the spirit of Maine