During Tuesday’s Brown County Fair Association board meeting, area volunteer fire departments were awarded with $6,880. The BCFA raised this money during the First Annual Bug Bash at the Brown County Fair Grounds.

This goal for the Bug Bash, where members of the Fair Association prepared and sold crawfish plates, is for it to become an annual event that benefits all area volunteer fire departments.

“Due to the fires this year, we know that area fire departments have received a lot of funding. That’s not the case every year. We want to make this event happen annually so that we can continue to support them year after year” said Tim Schoen, board member and volunteer of the Fair Association.

The Inaugural Bug Bash was Schoen’s idea, and it was an idea that proved successful.