A Firehouse Pork Chop Dinner to benefit the Hazel Walder Family will be held Saturday April 13th, 11am-5pm at the Cissna Park Firehouse. Carry outs will be available.

A raffle will also be held for a JD4440 Pedal Tractor. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 and are available from any Cissna Park Fireman. Contact Chief Doug Luecke at 815-383-2502 with any questions.

Hazel Walder, daughter of Cissna Park Fire Protection District Fireman/EMT Kyle Walder and Kori (Balk) Walder, was born on December 14, 2023 at 34 weeks. Baby Hazel was born with two genetic conditions and has been in the NICU at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital since birth. Our community would like to show our love and support to the Walder Family, who have been splitting their time with beautiful Hazel in Chicago and their two young children back home in Cissna Park.

Monetary donations can be dropped off at The Frederick Community Bank in Cissna Park or Paxton. The Walder Family would like to pay it forward and help other families that are in the NICU. If you would like to help them do this, please bring a new children’s book to the benefit to donate in honor of Hazel.