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Fire dept. honors 4-year-old for his charitable effort

Cody Bassey opened a cookie stand to help raise funds for the department to thank the responders who helped his mom

The Reporter

VACAVILLE, Calif. — Cody Bassey, 4, of Vacaville did a nice thing earlier this month, opening a cookie stand and raising funds for the Vacaville Fire Department’s charity fund.

On Monday, he learned a invaluable lesson: When you do nice things for others, nice things happen to you.

Cody was declared a Vacaville Firefighter for the Day in honor of his efforts, and the declaration came with some up-close time at Vacaville’s Station 71 on Orchard Avenue. Cody spent the afternoon, visiting with firefighters, touring the station and being the center of a lot of media attention (not that he paid much attention to that part, he was much more interested in the fire trucks).

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