As the Hill Country continually changes, there are slices of Kendall County that have retained their small-town sense of community, and the fire department fundraiser in Sisterdale earlier this month showed just that.
The halls of the Sisterdale Volunteer Fire Department were lined with chatting neighbors and residents ready to support the volunteers who show up day or night and rain or shine to extinguish fires big and small. The preserved sense of community could be seen by the Stehling family serving the plates of pork loin, who Sisterdale VFD Chief Brian Reilly said have been serving meals for decades.
“It’s funny because people congratulate me on our fundraiser, ‘Hey, yeah, great job on that fundraiser.’ I sort of laugh, but I make a point every time to tell people that the community is the one that really does that,” Reilly said. “The firefighters can take credit for a lot of things there, but the August fundraiser isn’t really one of them.
