VRFA firefighters begin annual holiday toy drive
Published 12:45 pm Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Valley Regional Fire Authority Firefighters and Auburn Food Bank employees are teaming up to provide toys for needy children this holiday season. Donations of new, unwrapped gifts and/or cash donations will be accepted at the dates and locations noted below:
• Saturday, Dec. 3, 10 and Sunday, Dec 4, 11, from 10 a.m. at 4 p.m., at: Auburn Fred Meyer, 801 Auburn Way N; Albertsons, 4010 A St. SE; Albertsons, 1347 Auburn Way N; and Auburn Top Foods, 1406 Lake Tapps Parkway E.
Donations also can be dropped off at the following locations: Auburn Fire Station No. 31, 1101 D St. NE; South Auburn Fire Station No. 32, 1951 R St. SE; Lakeland Hills Fire Station No. 33, 500 182nd Ave. E; Lea Hill Fire Station No. 34, 31290 124th Ave. SE; or Pacific Fire Station No. 38, 133 3rd Ave. SE.
Families in need of assistance from the Toys for Kids program are required to register with the Auburn Food Bank at 253-804-5696. Toys will be distributed on Saturday, Dec. 17 at Auburn High School starting at 8 a.m. and will only be distributed to families pre-registered with the food bank.
Firefighters from Union Local 1352 have conducted community toy drives since 1986. One-hundred percent of the donations stay within the communities of Auburn, Algona and Pacific.
For more information, contact the Valley Regional Fire Authority at 253-288-5800.
