White Hills Voluntary Fire Company is getting ready for Santa’s annual tour of White Hills and The White Hills Community Tree Lighting Ceremony in conjunction with the Toys 4 Kids Drive.
Santa has been touring the White Hills at Christmas time on a fire truck passing out popcorn balls to children since some time in the 1960s. In the 1990s this tradition was combined with a toy collection.
In recent years the tree lighting was added as a kick off for the annual toy drive and as a community gathering.
Friends and Neighbors in White Hills are invited to the Fire House at 2 School St. for a community tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7.
All are welcome to join members of the fire company for a cup of hot chocolate after the tree lighting.
Toys will also be accepted that night for the Toys 4 Kids Drive. Each year, through the generosity of Shelton residents, the fire company provides truckloads of new, unwrapped toys for families in need through programs like Team Toys 4 Kids.
The following weekend, Saturday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Santa will be escorted on a fire truck through the White Hills of Shelton.
Santa and his helpers will be passing out popcorn balls to children during Santa’s tour through White Hills.
The trip begins in Upper White Hills and ends in Lower White Hills.
Members of the White Hills Fire Company will follow Santa’s engine with Pickup trucks as part of the fire company’s Toys 4 Kids drive.
New unwrapped toys will be collected by the firefighters for distribution by Team Inc.
In the event of foul weather please visit www.whitehillsfireco.org or the White Hills Fire Company Friends and Neighbors Facebook Page for the rain date.