This was my first Fathers Day this year. I went to a late breakfast with my wife and son at a local restaurant and then we just relaxed around the house.
Later in the afternoon myself and several other firefighters that I work with (some of us were off duty, while others were on duty) went to the Barbara Bush Chrildren's Hospital at Maine Medical Center to grill hamburgers and hotdogs for the families who have newborn children that are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The March of Dimes sponsors it and provides all the food while the firefighters work the grills and help serve the food. My son spent a short time in NICU last October and I can only imagine what it's like for a father to have to spend Fathers Day (for some it was thier first) watching thier child laying in an isolete in the NICU.
This was my first time participating, but it was the second year that it's been held. A lot of my co-workers that helped out also have kids that are NICU graduates, so we know what these families are going through. Our goal is to continue to do this every Fathers Day and I really don't mind sacrificing part of my day to help out.