Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
If you’re the person who purchased groceries for some Wauconda firefighters at a local supermarket, they want to thank you.
Lt. E.J. Miller and two other members of the Wauconda Fire District’s gold shift were at the register Sunday afternoon when they received a call about a possible fire and had to leave. They put their groceries back in their cart and took off for what turned out to be a false alarm.
When they returned to the store about 30 minutes later, their groceries had been paid for and bagged.
Miller asked a store employee if he knew who paid for the food, but the customer chose to remain anonymous.
“There was no receipt in the bag, so we don’t even know what the total was,” Miller said.
The firefighters pay for their own meals and had pooled about $85 for Sunday’s dinner. In the same spirit of giving, they gave the cash to the nonprofit Wauconda Island Lake Food Pantry on Wednesday [who] will use the money to buy milk, eggs, meat and other staples for as many as 200 needy local families.
The firefighters also shared their story on Facebook where it’s been an online hit [with] more than 70,000 views and more than 300 shares.
thanks Dan
