National First Day responders Day

On Sept.11th Wishram hosted a First Responders Day.This event came about after Sheriff MaComas suggested a fundraiser with a dunk tank where he and others would be'dunkees'.Although it started out as a community event it soon grew to be county wide,with all fire dept.'s and community councils invited.Despite the short notice the turn out was good.Wishram School had several food booths operating and also ran a small carnival.Proceeds went to ASB,Pride and Class of 2011.The dunk tank was a big hit and the proceeds went to the Emergency Medical Services Council.The Community Garden and Community Council also had food booths with the proceeds going back to the respective organizations.Live music was provided by local band"Sessions"who did a wonderful job.Another attarction was the 'water ball'competition in which Wishram fire dept.took on all challengers.Thank You Klickitat County sheriff Office,Klickitat County Search and Rescue,Dependency Health Services,Community Enrichment for Klickitat County and Gorge Grown for their outreach support.A special thanks to Crystal Dodge for donated use of her bouncy slide and to all others who donated and helped make this a memorable event.Hopefully other communities will take this on in the future.To see pictures of this and other activities go to our blog at :wishram-wa.blogspot.com.