‘Mimi’ gold coin discovered in Red Kettle

The Salvation Army in Danville says it’s on par with red kettle donations but would like more volunteers.

According to Major James Allison, with the Salvation Army of Greater Winston-Salem, the employees and volunteers plan to help 100 families an hour!

Statewide, Salvation Army’s goal for this year’s Red Kettle campaign is $3.4 million.

“I’m out of a job and my kids are expecting Christmas and I want to provide them with one”, said Ron, a single father of four and the first in line since 8 p.m. Sunday night. “She shared that these belonged to her husband and when he passed away she was trying to decide what to do with them and she chose to give them to The Salvation Army so we can help other people”. Streams of people have come in with bags of toys or money for us to spend on whichever age group we need presents for. The caller said she left a special gift inside a red kettle bucket at a Southwest Miami-Dade Winn-Dixie. The Angel Tree program is just one of several events 360training.com participated with in 2015. For 125 years, we have been the beacon of hope for others in crisis.

Nauta said he doesn’t think the goal of $156,000 is unrealistic, given it was the same goal as previous year.

The second office helps those who live in the southern portion of the county who do not have to drive to Monroe for services. “When it’s cold people donate more but just not this year it just hasn’t been the same”, said Harris. He was released earlier this year and found the Salvation Army through the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center on Knight Street.

Last year, The Salvation Army served almost 58 million meals – that’s like making lunch for almost every resident of Texas and California.

Setting cookies out for Santa is a Christmas Eve tradition for her three children Zoe, Zane and handsome.