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Operation Candy Cane modified for Port Angeles

Published 1:30 am Sunday, December 5, 2021

By Peninsula Daily News

For the 36th time the Port Angeles Firefighters and volunteers along with Santa will be having their Operation Candy Cane. They missed last year because of COVID restrictions so this year they are back with the same desire to help those less fortunate. And this year they have added two days to their campaign. The first six days they will follow their usual path throughout Port Angeles with their siren and music going handing out candy canes in exchange for cans of food or money for the local foot banks. The last two days they will be outside of PA for two nights sitting at Roosevelt school and Dry Creek school for two hours each. ID: Mark Karjalainen checks out the controls of the freshly decorated 1956 Seagrave Fire Engine ready for the return of Operation Candy Cane in 2021.
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For the 36th time the Port Angeles Firefighters and volunteers along with Santa will be having their Operation Candy Cane. They missed last year because of COVID restrictions so this year they are back with the same desire to help those less fortunate. And this year they have added two days to their campaign. The first six days they will follow their usual path throughout Port Angeles with their siren and music going handing out candy canes in exchange for cans of food or money for the local foot banks. The last two days they will be outside of PA for two nights sitting at Roosevelt school and Dry Creek school for two hours each. ID: Mark Karjalainen checks out the controls of the freshly decorated 1956 Seagrave Fire Engine ready for the return of Operation Candy Cane in 2021.
Mark Karjalainen checks out the controls of the freshly decorated 1956 Seagrave Fire Engine ready for the return of Operation Candy Cane in 2021. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fire Department will conduct a modified Operation Candy Cane this year.

Instead of driving through neighborhoods across the city, the department will station its 1956 Seagrave fire engine at several locations beginning on Wednesday to support local food banks.

Santa and his helpers will pass out candy canes and collect non-perishable food donations from vehicles that drive by.

The drop off points are:

• Port Angeles City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.

• Roosevelt Elementary School, 106 Monroe Road, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.

• Dry Creek School – 25 Rife Road, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Firefighters also will accept donations at the fire station, 102 E. Fifth St. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday this week.

The change is “due to circumstances beyond our control,” fire station personnel said in a press release.

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