CHICKEN BARBECUES
🐔🔥 Here are some fire department chicken barbecues happening in your area during August and September:
🚒 Mechanicsburg
- Upper Allen Fire Department Chicken BBQ 📅 Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM 📍 Country & Town Baptist Church, 1822 S Market St, Mechanicsburg, PA Event details
- Mechanicsburg Volunteer Fire Department Community Day Chicken BBQ
🐔 The Middle Paxton Fire Company typically hosts its chicken BBQ in August 16
- 🍽️ Half chicken, baked potato, fruit cup, baked beans, and dinner roll for $10
- 🍗 Chicken-only option for $6
- 🕙 Starts at 10:00 AM and runs until sold out
- 📍 At the firehouse: 10 Elizabeth Ave, Dauphin, PA
Lancaster County
- Hand-in-Hand Fire Company Chicken BBQ 📅 Saturday, August 30, 2025 📍 313 Enterprise Drive, Bird-in-Hand, PA 🛍️ Take-out only — includes half BBQ chicken, applesauce, chips, pickles, roll with butter, drink, and a homemade whoopie pie 🚗 Free delivery within 4 miles at 11:00 AM & 4:00 PM 💵 $13 for full meal, $7 for chicken only Details & menu
FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
🎪🔥 Central PA has some fantastic family-friendly festivals that support local fire companies in August and September. Here are a few standout events:
🎉 Lisburn Community Fire Company Old Tyme Festival
- 📍 Lisburn, near Mechanicsburg
- 📅 August 6–9, 2025
- 🎠 Rides, games, hayrides, Bingo, silent auction, live music, and arts & crafts vendors
- 🍗 Famous BBQ chicken dinners, homemade pies, soups, and more
- 💳 Large Pavilion now accepts credit cards
- 💵 Free admission — proceeds benefit the Lisburn Community Fire Company
- Festival details
🎡 Alpha Fire Company Carnival
- 📍 Littlestown, Adams County
- 📅 August 4–9, 2025
- 🎆 Fireworks, live music, and pay-one-price wristbands for rides
- Event info
🎠 Middleburg Firemen's Carnival
- 📍 Middleburg, Snyder County
- 📅 August 5–9, 2025
- 🎶 Live entertainment, parade, and carnival rides
- More details
🌽 Perry County Community Fair
- 📍 New Bloomfield, PA
- 📅 September 15–20, 2025
- 🐄 Livestock exhibits, tractor pulls, carnival rides, food stands, and live entertainment
- 🎟️ Affordable admission and great for all ages
- Fair details
🎉 East Perry Community Fair
- 📍 East Perry Township
- 📅 Exact dates TBD, but typically held in late August
- 🎠 Local crafts, games, food vendors, and agricultural showcases
- 💛 Supports local organizations and traditions
- Event calendar
These fairs celebrate Perry Cou
🎪 Wellsville Fire Company Carnival
- 📍 Wellsville, York County
- 📅 August 14–16, 2025
- 🎵 Live music and family fun
- Event listing
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
🔥 Lancaster County
- Intercourse Fire Company – All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet 📅 Saturday, August 30, 2025 📍 Intercourse, PA 🍳 Pancakes, eggs, sausage, and more 💵 Proceeds benefit the volunteer fire company Event details
🔥 Lebanon
- LFCAIRS Pancake Breakfast (Lebanon Fire Community Assistance and Relief Services) 📍 Lebanon, PA 🥞 Supports fire loss victims and safety equipment programs 📅 Date not yet confirmed for August/September, but check LFCAIRS updates for announcements
🚒 Lebanon County
- Lawn Fire Company Biker Breakfast 📅 August 17, 2025 📍 Palmyra, PA 🍽️ All-you-can-eat breakfast buffet for $15 🏍️ Popular with motorcycle groups and locals Event info
FOOD SALES(GENERAL)
🚒 Cumberland County
- South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company – Drive-Thru Hoagie Sales📅 August 23 & September 20, 2025📍 Walnut Bottom, PA 🥪 Grab delicious hoagies while supporting the fire company Event info
🚒 Hershey
- 📍 21 W Caracas Ave, Hershey, PA
- Hershey Soup Cook-Off is scheduled for September 27, 2025
BINGO NIGHTS
🟣 Lebanon County
- BIG Bingo – Suicide Prevention Task Force 📅 September 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM 📍 Sacred Heart Church Social Hall, Cornwall, PA 💵 All cash prizes, raffles, and food
OTHER
- First Responder Community & Resource Fair – Mechanicsburg
- Thursday, September 4, 2025, 11 AM–3 PM, hosted by Mechanicsburg Area Community Foundation at Buhrig’s Gathering Place, featuring apparatus, demos, raffles, and first responder participation. (Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC)
🏘 Newport (Perry County)
- Newport First Responder’s Night
- Thursday, August 14, 2025, 4 PM at 1150 Camp Hill Bypass. Community-focused event promoting local responder engagement; fundraising likely through concessions/activities. (Eventbrite)
🚗 The Mount Gretna Community Volunteer Fire Company Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show is revving up for Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Soldiers Field, located at Timber Road & Valley Road in beautiful Mount Gretna.
Here’s what to expect:
- 🕗 Registration: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- 💵 Pre-registration: $20 per vehicle (includes dash plaque)
- 🎶 Music: Provided by DJ SCick
- 🛠️ Proceeds help fund battery-operated tools for the new rescue engine
- 🏍️ Free kickstand pad for pre-registered motorcycles
- 🌧️ Rain or shine!
🏙 York
- York New Salem Fire Company Family Game Night & Food Truck Event
- Saturday, August 10, 2025. Free to attend; food & games for purchase benefit the fire company. (Facebook)
- York Revolution – First Responders Night (Minor League Baseball)
- September 5, 2025: A fundraising/sponsor-supported themed game honoring first responders. Proceeds benefit first responder–related causes. (yorkrevolution.com)