The Kent Regional Fire Authority, Firefighters Local 1747, the Kent Firefighters Foundation and volunteers helped deliver 6,000-plus donated gifts to local food banks through the Toys for Joy program.<\/p>\n
Toys for Joy, a community supported effort for more than 20 years, collects, wraps and delivers toys to area food banks so that families in need can have a more cheerful holiday.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of families lined up for hours Thursday morning, Dec. 22, outside Kent Lutheran Church, at 336 2nd Ave. S., for a chance to collect a share of community-donated toys and other gifts. It was the second straight year the spacious church served as a distribution center for the drive.<\/p>\n
According to organizers, toys delivered to the Kent Food Bank served more than 2,000 children. Toys were also distributed in Covington and SeaTac – all parts of the Kent RFA’s response area. More than 200 pounds of food were also donated along with the toys.<\/p>\n
The Kent RFA, Local 1747, the foundation and partners would like to thank everyone who supported the Toys for Joy program, especially the following companies:<\/p>\n
• Reddaway Trucking for providing a semi-truck and trailer to store and transport the gifts.<\/p>\n
• Door to Door Storage of Kent for providing the storage pods.<\/p>\n
• Bowen Scarff Ford for providing a generous donation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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