SEQUIM — Santa’s Toy and Food Fire Brigade, aka Clallam County Fire District No. 3 and Explorer Post 1003, will visit Sequim neighborhoods to collect toys and nonperishable food items for donation to Sequim Community Aid and the Sequim Food Bank from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) through Friday (Dec. 13).
Those donating a nonperishable food item or a new toy should listen for an occasional blast of fire engine sirens and Christmas music from the district’s small parade of decorated emergency equipment.
Santa Claus will ride on a 1939 antique fire engine decorated with lights, a tree and a sound system.
The travel speed will be 5-10 mph or less as district staff, volunteers and Boy Scout Explorer Scouts walk alongside giving out candy canes and collecting donations.
Donations will be collected in:
Downtown Sequim west of Sequim Avenue tonight.
In downtown Sequim east of Sequim Avenue on Wednesday
In the Emerald Highlands/Elk Creek Apartments/South Sequim Avenue area Thursday.
The southwest portion of the SunLand community from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.
Donations also will be accepted at district headquarters, 323 N. Fifth Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday.
