80: Have Some Laughs & Support Lindy Fire Dept.

Lindy is full of things to do, see and experience, and here Lindenhurst Patch highlights one idea or activity residents could check out right here in their hometown.

We’ll start at and count them down. Here’s number 80:

Attend Lindenhurst Fire Department's
Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser
The Chemical and Rescue Company One is holding its annual fundraiser on , , night at Firemen's Pavilion.

The festivities are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets to this annual comedy night - which benefits the LFD company and helps to support its efforts in keeping the community safe - costs $35.00 per person.

That includes a buffet dinner and show tickets, plus free beer, wine and soda, as well as door prizes.

The ’s Chemical and Rescue Squad was founded in 1926 after a plane crash on Barto Avenue, making Lindenhurst the first department in New York State with a rescue company.

Consisting of 37 men and women, the squad operates two ambulances, one heavy rescue truck and one first-responder vehicle, and average more than 2,000 calls per year - or seven or eight per day.

For tickets and more information about this event that helps support the rescue squad - which received a community service award from the in June 2011 - call Chris at 516-848-1646.

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