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Spring Hill, Tennessee\u2014<\/strong>Forty youth and their families from West Chicago’s Austin neighborhood braved the winter weather on Saturday, October 15, to attend Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) 2^{North Dakota<\/sup> Annual Chicago-area Fish with a First Responder event in Columbus Park.<\/p>\n}

Members of Chicago Firefighters Local 2, Chicago Police Sergeants Association, on the 15th^{the<\/sup> The District’s CAPS Unit, Community Safety Team and the Chicago K-9 Unit volunteered to teach neighborhood kids how to fish and provided a lunch of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers.<\/p>\n}

Although the 40-degree temperature may have kept some people away from the free community event, organizers Doug Aller and Sherry Long of New Concept Benefit Group were pleased that it brought together so many neighborhood residents and members of the police and fire departments.<\/p>\n