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Deer Creek Fire Department bingo hosts dedicated crowd

The prizes, besides loads of popcorn, drinks and gathering with friends, included 76 hams. The fundraiser helps support fire department projects and equipment needs.

Two women playing bingo. — JoAnn Turchin, left, and Kathaleen Zeise, right, try their luck for a winning ham at the Deer Creek Fire Department bingo on April 8, 2022.

By Pioneer Journal staff

April 11, 2022 at 3:26 PM

DEER CREEK — With their biggest fundraiser back, the Deer Creek Fire Department hosted a dedicated crowd of bingo players.

The prizes, besides loads of popcorn, drinks and gathering with friends, included 76 hams. The fundraiser helps support fire department projects and equipment needs.

The bingo fundraiser is also paired with a raffle. The fire department had the raffle drawing in 2020 and no bingo event. Firefighters said it was hard the last two years without the bingo event.

The Wadena and Deer Creek fire departments are mutual aid partners.

Deer Creek Fire Department Bingo Caller.JPG — The voice of many events in Deer Creek, Dan Hendershot calls the 2022 Deer Creek Fire Department ham bingo. He cheered with a great "wahoo!" at the start of the event after the fundraiser was canceled the past two years due to the pandemic.

People sitting at tables with bingo cards. — People continued to stream in for ham bingo at the Deer Creek Community Center on April 8, 2022.

People sitting at a table talking to someone coming by. — Firefighters also sold raffle tickets at the Deer Creek ham bingo fundraiser on April 8, 2022. The fundraiser helps support fire department projects and equipment needs.