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Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 
Firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department and allied agencies are teaming with KTLA-TV Channel 5 for a one day food drive to help the less fortunate this holiday season.
This one day only event will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from 5:00AM to 11:00PM.
All City of Los Angeles Fire Stations will serve as collection points, to gratefully gather only non-perishable food items, such as canned goods.
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Firefighters ask you to join them on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 by bringing a non-perishable food item to your nearest LAFD Station or other participating location.
Items from this one day food drive will be collected by KTLA and distributed to those in need through the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and Share Our Selves.
To learn more about this one-day event, watch the KTLA Morning News, as firefighters and those they proudly serve come together in the spirit of the season.
Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department
2 comments:
If you missed this one day only event on November 24th we kindly ask you to consider a donation of time or non-perishable food items to a food pantry such as the The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.
Our thanks to all for the generosity in supporting this event.
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
The members of Battalion 5 and Fire Station 27-B would like to extend a sincere thank you to the citizens who graciously donated food items, and for KTLA and the hardworking reporters who worked the event.
Battalion 5 - Hollywood Stations collected 16 boxes of donated food items. Special Thanks to LAFD Captain Steve Ruda for coordinating LAFD involvement in this very worthwhile event. Your Los Angeles Firefighters were proud to partner with the community to help the less fortunate this holiday season.
Sincerely yours
Mike Castillo
Captain
Los Angeles Fire Department
Fire Station 27 - Hollywood
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