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Pa. Firefighters Organize Fundraising Groundhog Hunt

June 16--YORK, Pa -- There are two terrors in southern York County that Airville Fire Company has been battling: fires and groundhogs. And they aren't going to let either harm their community. While the fire company needed a good way to raise money and local farmers needed to get rid of a costly pest, the two teamed up to host the first charity groundhog hunt in York County. What is a groundhog hunt? Firefighter James Parsons III came up with idea for the groundhog hunt after finding...

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Pa. Firefighters Organize Fundraising Groundhog Hunt

The York fire company needed a good way to raise money and local farmers needed to get rid of a costly pest, the two teamed up to host the first charity groundhog hunt in York County.

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