Firefighters in Marysville will be busy in December helping families in need.
They will be standing outside the entrance to the Safeway store on State Avenue collecting food for the Marysville Community Food Bank.
“That has been very successful in the past,” said Ben Williams, a firefighter with the Marysville Fire District who is organizing the food drive through Marysville Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 3219.
About a dozen firefighters will be outside Safeway from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., from Dec. 7 through Dec. 10, collecting food and monetary donations. Santa will appear during the food drive to help hand out candy canes to kids.
When firefighters last organized the food drive in 2019, they raised more than $4,700 and collected 1,800 pounds of food, Williams said.
The 2020 effort to benefit the food bank was completed virtually through GoFundMe and collected $1,400. Local 3219 donated an additional $5,000 to the food bank, Williams said.
He added that the firefighters’ food drive has taken place at Safeway in Marysville for at least 15 years.
For more information about the Marysville Community Food Bank, go to www.maryvillefoodbank.org.
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