“The fun part of this is that we have groups and individual families that will take the Angels Tags and go shopping for these children”, said Major Valerie Kahn, associate Mahoning County area coordinator of the Salvation Army.
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There will still be red kettles out next week and the last day the kettles will be out is Christmas Eve.
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If toys are how you want to help please drop off an unwrapped toy at either the Angel Tree at the mall kettle or at the Church Hall at 601 Vernon St.
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Snow or no snow, this year’s Fond du Lac Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas Campaign goal is $150,000. “When it’s cold people donate more but just not this year it just hasn’t been the same”, said Harris.
Officials with the Salvation Army say donations are on the rise in Parkersburg.
With 10 days left to ring the bell, The Salvation Army is making progress toward its goal of $550,000 for the red kettle season.
The bell ringers who ring for Mesquite’s Salvation Army are all volunteers, and it’s the only Salvation Army in the West that runs purely volunteer-based.
Meanwhile, organizers said the Angel Tree program has been a success.
“We are grateful for the overwhelming generosity of this anonymous donor and their commitment to help us do to the most good in Genesee County”, said Salvation Army Captain Caleb B. Senn in a statement. “We hope for a big final push to help us make a real difference to those in need”.
From its humble beginnings as a local San Francisco fundraiser featuring a single crab pot in 1891, the Red Kettle Campaign has grown into one of the most recognizable and important charitable campaigns in the United States.
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Though Salvation Army has had a strong wave in jewelry donors, donations as a whole are down 14 percent from what they were a year ago at this time, the organization said.
