ML Fire Department nixes holiday toy drive

The Medical Lake Fire Department has decided not to hold its annual holiday toy drive.

In the past, the department would collect toys and give them to needy families living in the Medical Lake zip code.

Fire Chief Jason Mayfield said one reason the department is not doing the drive this holiday season is because of a trend where the number of toy donations have dropped in the last few years.

“We would put out bins at various locations in the city and would have to empty them twice a week,” Mayfield said. “In the last couple of years, those bins didn’t get filled once.”

For last year’s drive, M...