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Tacoma firefighters deliver gifts to needy families

Tacoma firefighters are delivering clothing, turkeys and gifts to 120 needy children and their families Thursday.

STACIA GLENN; Staff writer
Published: Dec. 20, 2012 at 12:56 p.m. PST — Updated: Dec. 21, 2012 at 6:27 a.m. PST
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A little girl's anxiousness melted away as Santa, aka Tacoma Fire Dept. Capt. Tom Zurfluh, gives her a hug during the 24th annual Tacoma Firefighters' Christmas Project at the YWCA's Women's Shelter in Tacoma Thursday December 20, 2102. Zurfluh said he's enjoyed being Santa and giving presents to needy and at risk families for twenty years. Tacoma firefighters arrived at the shelter for domestic violence victims with sirens blaring while delivering clothing, gifts, and food for 21 families at the shelter. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/Staff photographer)

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