Community Donation of 10K Saves Independence Day Fireworks

Less than one month ago the put out the call: donations for their .

In order to continue to have a big, brass fireworks show, the group needed to raise $10,000 - stat.

Community members rallied to help - starting campaigns to chip in spare cash to assure that the fireworks display was up to standard this summer.

But thanks to Darius and Sarah Anderson's generous $10,000 donation - the exact amount missing from the show's fund - the fireworks show is out of peril.

The donation came "just in time to ensure a 2011 fireworks show of the caliber the community has come to expect," said Trevor Smith, an Engineer Paramedic Sonoma Valley Fire & Rescue Authority. 

The association began soliciting donations last June, but the funding halted at $30,000, $10,000 short for this summer’s goal.

The Fire Authority typically begins soliciting for donations for next year's show several months before July 4 - so keep an eye out for 2012 mailers. Any extra cash that they receive will be added to next year's fund. 

Want to support the fireworks display? Donate online or send a check to the Sonoma Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association at 630 Second Street West, Sonoma, CA 95476. All excess donations will be added to next year's fireworks fund.