Crime & Safety

Firefighters to Hold Pancake Breakfast at Derby Days

All proceeds will benefit the fire department's benevolent fund, which helps community members who are facing a personal tragedy.

Calling all pancake lovers: the will host a free pancake breakfast for the community on July 9 during the .

Firefighters will serve the all-you-can-eat breakfast of pancakes, sausage, eggs, orange juice and coffee from 8 a.m. to noon at the Redmond Fire Station 11, 8450 161st Ave. NE. Donations will be accepted.

New this year is a silent auction, the proceeds of which will also go to the Redmond Fire Department’s Benevolent Fund. The auction has more than 90 items ranging from a three-night stay at a Wyndham resort anywhere in the world, a whale watching tour and golf at the Bear Creek Country Club to Husky football tickets, a Nintendo Wii, dinners, massages, wine and more.

The Redmond Fire Department’s Benevolent Fund benefits people in the local community, especially those facing personal tragedy. All donations from the breakfast and proceeds from the auction go toward the fund.

Parking is available in the City Hall parking garage, three blocks northwest of the station.

Aside from the breakfast and silent auction, children can tour the department’s various fire apparatus, try their hand at squirting water on a mock fire and pose for photos in authentic fire gear.

“This breakfast is a great way for residents to get to know their local firefighters and help out those in need,” firefighter Paul Richards said in a news release. “The kids always have a great time exploring the fire trucks and having a picture taken in a real firefighter’s helmet and jacket.”

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For more information, contact 425-556-2200 or prichards@redmond.gov.

—From a City of Redmond news release

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