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.”…