Salvation Army to end bell-ringing tradition early due to rise in COVID-19 cases
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and last updated 2020-12-17 20:18:33-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Due to the rise in new COVID-19 cases in Middle Tennessee, the Salvation Army of Nashville has made the decision to silence its bells early this year.
Organization leaders said they made the decision end the campaign early in support of first responders. The Salvation Army works alongside our communityâs first responder teams when disaster strikes our community to provide life-sustaining services to our neighbors, said Major Ethan Frizzell. This disaster called COVID is long-lasting and ever-changing in its impact, and while we continue to provide our life-sustaining services to our community as we have for the last nine months, we feel it is our responsibility to our first responder partners to not actively be out in the community any more than is critically necessary during this spike in numbers to try and help sl