Question: What is your favorite thing about Shalena’s Breakfast with Santa at the Hauser Lake Volunteer Fire Department?
We received some nice comments, shared here, in response to this question we posed on Facebook.
Author: Hauser Lake FPD
Fire protection district in Hauser, Idaho.
November Newsletter
Hauser Lake residents should soon receive HLFPD’s November Newsletter in their mailbox, written by Chief Simms. Two items in the newsletter are particularly newsworthy to residents.
First, Hauser Lake Fire has received grants totaling $30,000 this year to upgrade communications. We continue to apply for other grants that can leverage our funds and save taxpayers money.
Second, this summer the Idaho Survey and Rating Bureau surveyed our fire district to evaluate our ability to respond to emergencies. The survey is very comprehensive and includes an in-depth look at training, equipment, apparatus, water delivery and more. As a result of the hard work of our volunteers, our insurance rating for those areas served by fire hydrants improved from a rating of 5 to a rating of 4. With a lower rating it is possible for those residents within 1000 feet of a fire hydrant to shop for insurance that may be available at less cost.
The newsletter includes some interesting statistics about our members. Last year, our members responded to 181 emergency calls. As of October 31, this year we have responded to 177 calls. Each year our volunteers provide over 3,000 hours of service to the community. This includes emergency calls, training and community activities. In terms of dollar value this adds up to nearly $100,000 per year in tax savings for our residents.
Finally, Chief Simms included important reminders about address signs and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, plus news of upcoming Hauser events.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
We have it on good authority that Santa is making a visit to the Hauser area on December 21 AND he will be on one of OUR fire trucks!!! He is taking toy wishes from the kids, passing out candy canes, AND taking donations for the Post Falls Food Bank!!!
Santa’s schedule is available on our website (below) and fliers are posted at the Hauser Fire Station. Don’t miss it!
Please share this 2018 Santa Run flyer with others in Hauser Lake.
Santa’s Schedule: Hauser Lake, December 21, 2018 from 5 to 8:30 PM
5:00 PM – Hauser Lake Fire Station
5:20 – Westside Resort
5:35 – Waterford Estates
5:55 – Rice Road/Love Court
6:15 – Nine Bark Rd
6:35 – Cloverleaf/Kathleen
6:50 – Southview Terrace
7:30 – Hollister Hills
8:00 – Embers on the Lake
8:30 PM – Hauser Lake Fire Station
Breakfast with Santa
Each December, the Hauser Lake Fire Department hosts this fund raising event, in memory of Shalena, to help a local family in need.
Shalena’s Breakfast with Santa is an annual fundraiser and community-building event sponsored by the Hauser Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary. The event is held on the second Sunday of each December. Over 1,000 people are served each year; attendance increases steadily as more and more friends and neighbors discover this terrific event as a way to get into the holiday spirit.
- What: Community fundraiser which includes a raffle, visits and photos with Santa Claus, and a fantastic breakfast served by the fire fighters with help from their families, friends, and 4-H groups
- Why: Proceeds help a local family with a child who suffers from a serious, often terminal disease.
- When: Second Sunday in December, from 7 am to 1 pm.
- Where: The Hauser Lake Fire Station at 10728 N. Hauser Lake Rd., Hauser, Idaho
- Served: All-you-can-eat sausage, eggs, pancakes, waffles, biscuits and gravy, orange juice, coffee and more
- How much: A suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 for an entire family
Raffle
Prizes for the raffle, which is held each year during the Breakfast with Santa, are created, filled, and donated by the Auxiliary members and other local citizens and businesses. Special thanks go to the Auxiliary members for their valuable contributions.
Share and help us even more!
Please help make the event a success by promoting the event. Share the Facebook event or this web page with your friends, family, colleagues, coworkers…anyone and everyone!
You can also help us help this family by sharing the 2018 flyer:
How Breakfast with Santa Started
Each December, the Hauser Lake Fire Department hosts this fund raising event to help a local family in need. John and Betty Mobbs started the event in 1985 when they worked to raise money to help alleviate medical bills and financial distress for the family of a Hauser Lake volunteer firefighter, Gary, whose daughter was diagnosed with cancer.
Shalena lost her battle but her memory lives on with the Breakfast. Shalena’s Breakfast With Santa has become an annual tradition within the community of Hauser, Idaho. With help from area businesses and North Idaho citizens, proceeds go to a family with a child diagnosed with a serous illness. The children’s illnesses are often terminal.
See also the 2001 interview with Gary Mobbs about Breakfast with Santa.
Start Your Own “Breakfast With Santa”
To suggest a family as next year’s beneficiary or for questions regarding Breakfast with Santa, email santa@hauserfire.org.
Video
Thanks to KHQ channel 6 for letting us share this fun, 2 minute video with you. KHQ Channel 6 did a little story about Breakfast with Santa on the event’s 25th anniversary. Gary Mobbs and Lisa Wendle are interviewed.
Save the Date (12-9-2018) for Breakfast with Santa
Shalena’s 33rd Annual Breakfast with Santa will be December 9 from 7 to 1
Shalena’s Breakfast with Santa has been posted as an event on our social media page. Please help us help this family by sharing the 2018 flyer and Facebook event.
- 2018 Breakfast with Santa flyer – picture
- 2018 Breakfast with Santa flyer – PDF file
- 2018 Breakfast with Santa Facebook event
Breakfast with Santa this year, December 2018, will benefit Eaton and his family; Eaton is a 6 year old boy from Hayden who has cancer.
This year, the Fire Department’s popular annual event will be held December 9, 2018 at the Hauser Lake Fire Station from 7 am to 1 pm.
Enjoy a delicious breakfast served by the firefighters and auxiliary members. Try your luck at the huge Raffle. Have your photos taken with Santa and share your wish lists with him. Enjoy a good event for a good cause and get in the mood for a season of giving!
Breakfast with Santa Flyers
Please share this year’s flyer with your friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, complete strangers! Here are links two two different file types.
Breakfast with Santa 2018 as an event on Facebook will be coming soon to this page. Please check back soon.
Flyers from 2004 to present, by Joan Rodman
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