Sussex Fire Auxiliary to Hold Fundraiser at TailGators

The recently formed will be joining forces with on Saturday to raise money for the village fire fighters.

The restaurant, which sits on the corner of Main Street and Waukesha Avenue, will be donating 10 percent if the proceeds they collect from food orders to the auxiliary. The fundraiser runs from open to bar close, so residents can catch the , and then head over to TailGators.

Along with the donation from the restaurant, the auxiliary group will set up silent auction to raise even more money.

The Sussex Fire Auxiliary was started by Cathy Selerski after working at the fire department for nearly three decades.

“I retired for the Sussex fire department in may and I retired as a deputy chief after 29 years,” Selerski said. “I’d been talking for a couple years that once I retire, I want to work on an auxiliary.”

Right after retirement, Selerski started the Sussex Fire Auxiliary, a sort of booster club for the fire department. The group of 16 wives and fire fighters pull together resources and raise money for things that aren’t in the budget. 

And the team still finds itself rushing to fires. While auxiliary members don’t climb the ladders and aim the hoses, the group offers Sussex’s heroes something you might forget. 

“Normally you’re so busy working on the fire that all the sudden you think, ‘Oh yeah! It’s two hours past lunchtime,’” Selerski said. “We’ll run over to McDonald's to grab some burgers or something. We want to support them in any way we can.”

And that support includes raising money. This is the auxiliary’s second major fundraiser since its birth, the first being a calendar filled with local advertisements that’ll be distributed to every Sussex home in the upcoming months.

“It’s important, they need help, and they do a phenomenal job,” Selerski said.