(Ankeny, IA) -- The Ankeny Fire Department is hosting a toy drive, through December 20th. The "fill the fire truck" campaign will collect unwrapped new toys and books at three fire department locations across the city, including fire department headquarters on Ash Street. The city says the goal is to give each child 3-4 toys and a book.
The city says a drive last year was able to gather more than two-thousand toys. Toys can be dropped off at:
- Ankeny Fire Station Headquarters, 120 NW Ash Drive
- Fire Station No. 2, 665 SE Oralabor Road
- Fire Station No. 3, 1360 NE 36th Street
Donations are part of the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign.
The Fire Department also says it will hold a special drive-thru Fill the Fire Truck with Toys for Tots event Sunday, Dec. 15, 3 – 6 p.m. at Fire Station Headquarters. Participants will enter the fire truck bay from the north side of Ash Drive and hand the toy to the firefighters, then exit the fire truck bay and onto First Street.
More can be found at the City of Ankeny website.