The Province
Last year, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie dunked the officer in charge of the RCMP Richmond detachment as part of the annual RCMP Toy Drive.
This year, instead of a dunk tank, organizers of the annual event are putting people behind bars.
“Some notable people in the community and others will be jailed until they get enough donations to release them, and kept there by the RCMP on scene,” said Ed Gavsie, president and CEO of Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives.
And it won’t be just people — some of the mascots in attendance, such as the Richmond Fire Department’s Blaze and the RCMP’s Safety Bear, will also be rounded up in an effort to collect more toys for Richmond families.
Last year’s drive collected 1.7 tons of toys. “The toys came in so fast that we can’t count them,” Gavsie said. Toys collected at the drive, which takes place Nov. 18 in the parking lot of Lansdowne Centre, will go to the nonprofit’s Christmas fund. …