Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
A group of Wauconda firefighters responded to a supermarket cashier’s generosity this week by donating money to a Hurricane Harvey relief effort.
Lt. Joe Studer and two other firefighters from Wauconda Fire District station No. 2 were about to pay for groceries Wednesday morning when they were dispatched to a call.
Before abandoning their purchase at the register, they asked the cashier to ring up the groceries and promised to return to pay.
Calls during shopping happen occasionally, Studer said, and the firefighters always return for their goods, but this time, the cashier personally paid the bill, which came to nearly $50.
Firefighters traditionally pay for their own meals when on shift. Instead of pocketing the $50 they would have spent on food, they donated the money to the American Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Wauconda firefighters and police officers stood at the intersection of Main Street and Route 176 on Friday to collect donations for the Red Cross, too.
