The Osseo Fire Department Relief Association is an organization set up to raise money in order to help purchase trucks and equipment for the department and to contribute to community programs.

Dick's Bar

Charitable Gambling

The relief association raises funds through lawful charitable gambling conducted at Dick's Bar. Employees of the association sell pull-tabs from booth space rented from the bar. There are generally 7 games in play for either $1 or $2 per ticket and instant prizes ranging from $2 up to $599.

In addition to pull-tabs, the association operates bar bingo Wednesday nights at 7:00 pm at Dick's Bar run by volunteers. There are 12 bingo games played per occasion--10 non-cover-all games for $1 per sheet and 2 cover-all games for $2 per sheet (a sheet contains 3 bingo "faces"). Prizes for non-cover-all games are 75% of sales for that game, up to $99. Prizes for cover-all games depend on a number of factors, but are generally more than double the prizes for non-cover-all games and can reach $1,199. For more details, see the Bingo Program (.pdf).

Thursdays at 5:00 pm the association hosts a meat raffle at Dick's Bar. Each round, a volunteer walks around the bar and sells 30 numbers for $1 apiece. Once all the numbers have been purchased, a wheel containing 30 numbers is spun to select the winner. The winner gets their choice of available meat packages from the Osseo Meat Market, each worth $20. There are generally 10 packages of meat per occasion and, depending on the demand, more rounds will be played once all the meat has been won for $20 gift certificates to the Osseo Meat Market.

Dick's Bar & Grill is located at 205 Central Avenue in Osseo (across Central Avenue from the Holiday gas station). Stop in and say "Hi." Enjoy some good food, drinks, and friends and support the fire department and Osseo community while you're at it.

Apparatus & Equipment

All of the trucks currently in service for the fire department were purchased using funds donated by the relief association. The association also contributes to an equipment fund that is used to purchase equipment for the department necessary to carry out the many tasks the department is responsible for.

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Community Donations

Funds raised by the association are also donated back into the community in a variety of ways. The following is a small sampling of the things the association has donated money to: