Have someone else cook for you

Foooooood!!!!

The Smyrna Rescue Squad at 203 Front St. will hold an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday.

The breakfast will have country ham, biscuits, gravy, eggs, sausage links, hashbrowns, coffee and orange juice with pancakes upon request. The cost is $8 for ages 12 and older, $3 for ages 4 to 11 and free for ages 3 and younger.

For more information, call 615-306-3942 or 615-785-2354

Did I mention "Foooooood!!!!"? Cool, plus good company, meeting your neighbors, helping a good cause, and letting someone else worry about cleaning up. You cannot even get a good breakfast for this amount at most restaurants.

Kings Chapel IMB Church Fundraiser

Today take the time to go support a local church and meet some great people who volunteer at the Smyrna Rescue Squad.

Spaghetti Supper & Silent Auction
Saturday, August 27, 2011 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT

Duration: 4 hours
Calendar: Community Calendar
Contact: Pastor Gary Dyer, 615-812-5548

The Members of Kings Chapel Independent Missionary Baptist Church would like to invite everyone out to this event. All of the proceeds will be used for building Improvements at the church. Come on out and have a great time with us...food, fellowship, and fun! There are Lots of Great Items, Gift Certificates, and Even TRIPS to Gatlinburg, in the Silent Auction from all around! Come check it out! WHEN: SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2011 WHERE: SMYRNA RESCUE SQUAD, 203 FRONT STREET, SMYRNA, TN 37167 Prices for the Dinner: (Dinner includes Spaghetti, Salad, Dessert, and Drink) Ages 5 and Under eat FREE!! (Hot Dogs Avail. for the Kids as well instead) Ages 6-12 = $3.50 Ages 13 and Up = $7.00 Tell all your Friends and Family...Everyone is Welcome!! See you There and God Bless!

Smyrna Rescue Squad to hold rummage sale

Do you have some items you'd feel would make a good donation to the Smyrna Rescue Squad? They could really use our support.

A rummage and bake sale is planned to begin at 7 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday this weekend at the Smyrna Rescue Squad, 203 Front St.

The sale will be held inside the Rescue Squad building.

Donations are also being accepted for the sale. Call 615-459-4436 or 615-785-2354 for more information.

Also drop by and buy stuff...give and receives...and smile.

COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST

The rescue squad is having a Ham Breakfast this Saturday and your you're invited...for a nominal fee.

Location SMYRNA RESCUE SQUAD
203 FRONT ST

ALL YOU CAN EAT

We are serving Country Ham, Eggs, Grits, Biscuits, Hash Brown Potatoes, Sausage, Country Gravy, Pancakes, Juice, Coffee

Adults (11 & Up) $7
Children (4-10) $3
3 & Under Free

There is no way you can feed a kid for $3 so 'all you can eat' and helping the squad is a very good thing.

Food!

A ham breakfast should be in your future.

The LaVergne Rescue Unit is hosting a Country Ham Breakfast this Saturday, Dec. 11, from 6 to 10 a.m. at the LaVergne Rescue Building at 141 Gambill Ln. Breakfast includes country ham, biscuits, gravy, potatoes, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee. Cost of the breakfast is $7.

Pancakes Saturday

From a reader

The RCCRA is sponsoring a pancake breakfast on Saturday, November 6. It will be held at the Smyrna Rescue Squad Building on Front Street in Smyrna. From 6 - 9:30 am, they will be serving pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee. All for the bargain price of $6 per person. Proceeds will benefit the family of Dwight Grissom.

Mmmmmmm! Pancakes

Country ham breakfast Saturday

Make plans. What event this supports was not specified, but having someone else cook for you and meeting your neighbors is part of the fun.

A big country ham breakfast will be served from 6 to 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the Smyrna Rescue Squad building, 203 Front St.

The menu will include country ham, biscuits, gravy, eggs, grits, sausage links and hashbrown potatoes with coffee and orange juice.

Big event Saturday

One of the many services that the Smyrna Rescue Squad does for our town is acting the role of host. Be if for a charity host, an annual event, they are there to assist in times of need. This Saturday evening they will be the host of a Spaghetti supper and auction for a very good cause.

Spaghetti Supper
Silent Auction

Barry Sargent was diagnosed with cancer June 22, 2010. He is a husband, father of three, and a friend.

Please join us October 9th at Smyrna Rescue Squad building from 4-8pm. 203 Front St Smyrna, Tn. The silent auction will end at 7pm.

Spaghetti plates will be $5.00 per person. All proceeds will go to the Sargent family for medical and living expenses.

It is how people come together when in need that defines a community. These Cat Fish fries and Spaghetti dinners show that Smyrna still cares.

Smyrna rescue squad in the news

Dang good question

A few days ago in the Stones River a man drowned after the boat he and two others where in sunk. 911 was called and the rescue services were sent in, but now questions are being asked about why some where not.

The accident occurred in Smyrna and Smyrna has the Smyrna Rescue Squad...but instead the Rutherford County Special Operations Team from Murfreesboro was called in. There are no accusation that this puzzling slight against the rescue squad could have changed the outcome, but it does raise questions in my mind on how the rescue squad is viewed.

SMYRNA, Tenn. -- Smyrna Rescue Squad Chief David Manning said his phone started ringing Tuesday with people asking the same question.

"We have drag bars on all the boats for recoveries. We have a dive platform for divers," said Manning. "Why we were not out at West Fork Boat Ramp searching and looking for the gentleman?"
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"If we are not familiar with their safety training or their dive training, in this case, then we are not going to put them at risk," said Randy White, Rutherford County EMS/EMA spokesman. "This is a very dangerous job."

Smyrna Rescue said they have an underwater camera as well.

"It's not just a toy we bought to play with down here; we bought it to put to work," said Manning. "They just look at us like we are volunteers, and yet they say they are paid professionals. Well, we are all professional down here, too."

Smyrna Rescue has about 30 volunteers, they said, with more than 400 years of service. They receive some funding from Rutherford County and hold fundraising events to supplement that.

The rescue squad is volunteers...that does not mean amateurs. I think a few harsh questions should be asked of the ones who made the call on who to send and why the rescue squad was not part of the call out.

You might remember the rescue squad being in the news a couple of years ago when their building was almost sold out from under them so a local church could have more parking spots. This did not go down well with one town council member or ANY of the rescue squad members. This ended up with the town giving the Rescue Squad a lease (PDF COPY)that lasts until April 2017 because of the bad feeling and feedback.

I hope this service and tradition does not get dismissed in the quest to have a more professional system in the services we provide. The people make up the town and ones who get involved are hard to find. Do not push them to the side.

Local event for a local person

The rescue squad is something that has always stayed very connected to the people of Smyrna, and one way they have is to always be there when a place is needed to host an event such as this one. take a moment and if you have time please drop by and enjoy some pasta.

On Saturday, March 13 at the Smyrna Rescue Squad, 203 N. Front St. from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, a group called Neva's Angels in conjunction with the WMU of Stones River Baptist Church will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for Neva Gronowski.
Neva is a 43 year old Smyrna resident who has been diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease).
ALS is a disorder of the motor neurons, nerve cells in the brain and spine that control voluntary muscles. For people with ALS these nerve cells gradually die and the muscles they control can no longer function leading to total paralysis and eventually death. There is no known cure for ALS at this time and life expectancy is 2-5 years.
Neva's Angels is a group of people that volunteer to help Neva and her family with day to day chores, tasks, rides, meals or whatever other needs they can help with to make the struggle with this disease a bit more tolerable.
Neva is an incredibly positive, strong, faithful woman, however, she can no longer climb the steps in her home and renovations must be made to allow her to bathe and sleep on the lower level of her home.
Neva's Angels invite you to come out to meet her and share a meal, enjoy some live music preformed by Spencer Ezell and show your support. There is no charge for the dinner but Love Offerings and Donations will be accepted and appreciated.
Anyone wanting to make a donation to Neva's Angels Spaghetti Dinner through the RCCRA should make your check out and mail it to

RCCRA
PO Box 1561
Smyrna, TN 37167

I'm proud and happy to post events like this.

Eat, drink, and do good for the town

Lori, from Smyrna Tennessee History and stuff asked me to share this with our readers.

RCCRA Pancake Breakfast

When: Saturday, October 3, 2009 6:30-9:30 am
Where: Smyrna Rescue Squad building - 203 Front Street in Smyrna

Tickets are $5.00 (all you can eat- pancakes, sausage, coffee, juice)

Proceeds from the breakfast will be used to purchase building materials for local projects. For more information call 615-330-2297or e-mail rccrasmyrna@yahoo.com Proceeds from past breakfasts have been used locally to build 7 wheelchair ramps, repair 2 storm damaged roofs, improve porches / steps on 3 homes and cut and remove numerous downed trees. In addition, the RCCRA also helped with disaster relief following the April tornado in Murfreesboro.

The Rutherford County Christian Relief Association works locally were it matters to you and I.

Ham it up people

The Smyrna rescue squad has their first ham breakfast of the year planned this coming Saturday for those who wish to attend.

The Smyrna Rescue Squad’s first breakfast of year will take place from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 at 200 Front Street.

The cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children ages 6 to 11. In addition to ham, the all-you-can-eat menu includes country ham, biscuits, gravy, grits, orange juice and coffee.

The rescue squad is a volunteer based organization and a real community asset.

Pancake Breakfast

Lori from the Smyrna History Blog wants you to know about this local event.

This Saturday (9-13-08) the Rutherford County Christian Relief Assoc (RCCRA) will hold their 2nd annual Pancake Breakfast at the Smyrna Rescue Squad building on Front Street. Tickets are $5.00 and for "All you can eat" pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee. Times are 7-9:30 am. Proceeds will be used to purchase materials for local projects. For more information, you can call 615-785-9423 or e-mail ( rccrasmyrna@yahoo.com )

$5 will not even cover a good breakfast combo at many restaurants and at the Rescue Squad you get to enjoy a wonderful group of people who care.

Rutherford County Christian Relief Association

A reader submitted this announcement so you can schedule some time for charity and pancakes in a week.

The Rutherford County Christian Relief Association is sponsoring a pancake breakfast on August 18th at the Smyrna Rescue Squad building on Front Street, 7:30-10 am, $5.00 in advance or at the door. The RCCRA is a non-profit disaster relief organization.

I went last month to the Smyrna Rescue Squads building for a fund raising fish fry and I enjoyed myself immensely.

The good news is that for one day you don't have to cook or touch the dishes. Let them do it.