Search & Rescue Raises Money For Needs
 | Author:
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
Broadwater County Search and Rescue responds to a variety of emergency calls each year. Maintaining the equipment necessary to answer each call in a timely manner is imperative to each call. As many people are aware, prices for everything have been increasing and it is no different with emergency response tools. Search and Rescue has a list of needs they are putting together to update the equipment used.
On July 21, 2022, the volunteers put on a “pie in the face” fundraiser to help raise funding for those needs.
Search and Rescue member Daniel Truesdell says he got the idea for the fundraiser from a sheriff’s office member in Helena. It worked in that area and the idea seemed like it would work in Townsend as well. The overhead of the “pie-in-the-face” fundraiser was less than putting on a large dinner and the work behind it was not as extensive. After asking prominent members of the community to allow themselves to be “pied,” Truesdell came up with $5 per pie or 3 for $10.
All three County Commissioners, a City Council member, Mayor Mike Evans and Captain Nick Rauser agreed to participate and be pied. Paper plates full of whipped cream were provided and each individual who was pied was allowed to wear a plastic bag to keep clothing clean. Participants of all ages took their chance at throwing a pie into whichever individual they chose. After expenses, Search and Rescue was able to raise a little over $340.
The members of Search and Rescue were thrilled with the fundraiser and want to give a huge shout-out thank you to all of those that participated both those willing to throw pies and those willing to take them in the face! Search and Rescue will be doing another “pie-in-the-face” fundraiser on August 18 at the next Slice of Summer. This time, Truesdell says, the individuals getting pied will be school administration. Captain Rauser agreed to do it one more time!
Broadwater County Search and Rescue is always looking for individuals who are willing to serve: those willing to answer the call when someone is in distress and when a family is in need.
If you have any questions about Search and Rescue or would like to volunteer please call the sheriff’s office at 266-3441.
