Firefighters live on moving truck to raise donations for families

Published 12:10 pm Monday, November 23, 2015

Starting the morning of Nov. 27, Eastside Firefighters’ Benevolent Fund members will hold their fifth annual food and clothing drive, a three-day event to bring awareness and support for underprivileged families in the area.

During the drive, Battalion Chief Glenn Huffman and his son will be “living” atop a 24-foot First Due Movers truck, parked in the Issaquah Fred Meyer parking lot.

Eastside Firefighters and their families will be collecting food and clothes to “fill the truck” throughout the event. Donations will support the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank and the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank.

First Due Movers and the Issaquah Fred Meyer are sponsoring the event, which runs through Nov. 29.

In 2011, the Eastside Firefighters Benevolent Fund was established in an effort to provide relief to needy segments of society suffering from poverty, hunger, homelessness, and like calamity.