• Nov 25, 2020
The monetary goals have been set and the red kettles are out, now it s up to you to dig deep for The Salvation Army, both in Columbia and Jefferson City! Christmas is our biggest fundraiser. Guest: MAJOR CURTISS HARTLEY | There s another non-profit in need of your support: Voluntary Action Center. Executive director NICK FOSTER tells us that there s still about a third of the total number of households who signed up for their holiday program without a sponsor. Signing up is just a mouse click away! (5:18) November 25, 2020
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Rotarian Ed Cole and other volunteers are ringing the bell this year for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle at the Marble Falls Walmart, 2700 U.S. 281 North. Staff photo by Suzanne Freeman
As Christmas traditions go, the 129-year-old Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign is one of the most recognizable. Local Rotarians have been ringing bells on behalf of the Salvation Army for more than two decades.
The three Burnet County Rotary Clubs Marble Falls, Daybreak, and Burnet have posted volunteers at the doors of the Marble Falls Walmart, 2700 U.S. 281 North, through Christmas Eve. Proceeds from the local campaign are split between the Salvation Army’s Burnet and Marble Falls service units.
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If you have been thinking about donating to the Salvation Army Red Kettle this year, this weekend would be the time to do it and make your money go twice as far! This weekend Mayo Clinic will be matching all donations to the Virtual Red Kettle, which you can find HERE.
This Virtual Red Kettle will only be open starting at 12:01 AM on Saturday the 19th through Sunday the 20th, so there s a full two days to get your donation in. The match that Mayo Clinic is providing is unlimited so they are encouraging people to give generously as Erin Sexton, Mayo Clinic s director of Enterprise Community Engagement says in a press release. Mayo Clinic also did an unlimited match last year.
WASILLAâ The Mat-Su Salvation Army is hurting really bad during a really important time of the year, the holidays.
Donations from Red kettles are down 75% in the Valley, due mostly to the drastically low number of volunteer bell ringers, according to The Salvation Army Mat-Su Valley Corps Major Kevin E. Bottjen.
âCOVID has hit us hard,â Bottjen said.
The Salvation Army is facing historic lows in donations while working an uphill battle against a huge spike in overall need for essential services like food, utility and family support services.
âItâs tripled, easily,â Bottjen said.
According to Bottjen, their office typically works 20 to 30 cases a week. Now itâs between 60 to 90 per week. He said that recent food assistance grants have helped them curb the surge in demand, but their limited volunteer base makes everything more difficult. Aside from Bottjen and his wife Tina, thereâs only one paid employee, so the majority of their workforce
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