ARLINGTON — Every Christmas season for more than a decade, Arlington firefighters have decorated their fire trucks with lights and driven through town with Santa, collecting food and money for charity.
Both paid and volunteer members of the Arlington Fire Department participate. Some businesses and residents also help with the event.
When they stop in neighborhoods, kids and adults run from their homes with cans of food and checks for charity.
Traditionally, they visited every community, but as Arlington has grown through annexations and new developments, they’ve had to skip some neighborhoods.
This year, they donated the food and money they collected to the Arlington Community Food Bank.
For more information on the Santa Run Food Drive, go to www.ci.arlington.wa.us.
By the numbers:
5,540 pounds of food were collected.
$1,035 in cash and checks were collected.
21 neighborhoods were visited.
10 nights found firefighters visiting neighborhoods to collect donations.
11 years ago, the Santa Run began.
60 fire department personnel participate in the run.
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