Anchorage Fire Department exceeds goal for 9/11 food drive

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Anchorage Fire Department’s 9/11 food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Alaska exceeded its goal by a landslide.

The 9/11 food drive began on Labor Day and ran through Sept. 11. The goal of the drive was to raise 2,977 pounds of food, symbolizing the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

“In just 11 days, 4,637 pounds of food poured in from AFD employees and members of the public,” the Anchorage Fire Department said on Facebook, “that equates to 3,864 meals.”

The AFD reports that the shelves at the Food Bank of Alaska stood ‘next to empty,’ but the donations from the community will provide much-needed relief.

AFD Public Safety Officer Jason Dolph and his daughter developed the idea for the drive together.

“The whole discussion about the food drive came about when my daughter and I, my 17-year-old daughter and I, were talking about the fact that people come to the fire stations and they often bring us all sorts of stuff,” Dolph explained.

They decided to use it as an opportunity to help the community – and the results speak for themselves.

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