To make matters more hard, Dockeray said the organization has seen an 80 per cent increase in people seeking their help – 1,800 people have come looking for assistance from the group this compared to 1,000 last Christmas.
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The coin was donated last Thursday 10 at the Hobby Lobby in Roseville. “You always hear about mystery donations in other locations and now it has happened in Roseville”.
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Capt. Correira said although they reached the angel tree goal, they are still short around $55,000 in reaching the goal for the kettle drive.
According to the Salvation Army, 969 children will have toys on Christmas morning and 553 families in our community will receive food.
This year’s Red Kettle campaign is spearheaded by U.S Bank, Michels Corporation, The Stone Foundation and the KFIZ 107 The Bull Bucket Brigade.
Outside of the fundraising concerns, Burry noted it has been a record breaking year for numerous events that support The Salvation Army and it will also be a record breaking year for the number of people we are helping just this Christmas season. To make matters worse, the total is down about $2,000 from this time previous year.
The Salvation Army of Lee County is holding a ribbon cutting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to officially open the new distribution center at 13530 N. Cleveland Ave, North Fort Myers. “It’s enough to provide a good Christmas dinner for a family”, said Watson, explaining the meals would not exist without funding from the kettles.
“Please auction this off in memory of my Aunt Doris, whom your program helped many many many years ago”, read the note.
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Donate directly into the kettles, or 237 N. Macy St., Fond du Lac.
