The goal was also $155,000 in 2019, and thousands of hours by local volunteers manned red kettles at 13 locations in Brainerd, Baxter, Nisswa and Pequot Lakes. But the coronavirus pandemic changed all that in 2020.
“There were a lot of groups that weren’t meeting to plan their schedule for bell-ringing. … But a lot of them also just said simply they weren’t willing this year to take the risk, and stand out there and do that, which we perfectly understand,” Curran said of some church and civic groups.
The Brainerd Lakes Salvation Army uses Christmastime donations to fund year-round programs that provide food, clothing, housing assistance and other critical services for residents in need.
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