Target Stores Ban Holiday Bell Ringers
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SEATTLE - A major department store chain is telling the Salvation Army to take its bell ringers someplace else. Target Stores is taking the extreme action claiming the bell ringing gives the Salvation Army an unfair advantage.
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LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters Life) - Congratulations! You can  win the holiday of your dreams - a break from telemarketers --  if you're willing to moo, fake a murder scene, or follow a list  of other diversonary tactics.
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or so hopes the Salvation Army. Each year volunteers and employees appear in malls across Broward County to ring bells from early November to Christmas Eve.
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As the Salvation Army kicks off its annual red-kettle program today, a growing number of retailers, from Best Buy to Target, are banning Salvation Army bell ringers
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I, too, am disappointed in Target&#39;s decision not to allow the Salvation Army to use their facilities this holiday season. Yes, I believe that Target has the right to allow or not allow organizations to solicit on their property.
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In response to the letter &quot;Glad some still let bells ring&quot; (People&#39;s Forum, Dec. 8), it is true that Target is no longer letting Salvation Army bell ringers stand at the front of their stores.
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HELENA, Mont. - The Salvation Army in Montana is falling behind in its holiday collections because it can't find enough bell-ringers.  On Wednesday, only seven of 14 locations around the city were staffed, and that was a good showing, said Stan Jones, an officer with The Salvation Army.
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ST. PAUL - The Salvation Army of Minnesota and North Dakota is preparing for a fight to reach its fundraising goals this holiday season after Target Stores announced this fall that it won&#39;t allow bellringers outside its doors.
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ST. PAUL - Salvation Army officials say they&#39;re worried that they may not meet their holiday fund-raising goal because they won&#39;t have bell-ringers outside of Target stores.
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There is an interesting new twist in the age-old "We poor Christians are being attacked!" movement this year: The "keep Christ in Christmas" movement, attracting wannabe-martyrs from churches including  Catholic to Methodist ; Baptists, strangely enough, seem divided on the issue. Some others are threatening to boycott Macy's if they do not replace "Happy Holidays" signs with "Merry Christmas" ones. No information is available from Macy's website about whether the Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hannukah, or Saturnalia signs will be replaced.
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The familiar sound of ringing bells announces the beginning of a Christmas -time tradition. Christmas shoppers are once again reminded by the Salvation Army
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One of the holiday&#39;s season most well-known sounds is back, but some stores are limiting where Salvation Army volunteers can ring their bells.
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Chances are if your &quot;To Do&quot; list for today includes a trip to the grocery store or getting some early Christmas shopping done, you&#39;ll run into a Salvation Army bell ringer.
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Salvation Army bell ringers might seemingly be everywhere these days, but you won&#39;t find them in front of Target&#39;s two Lane County stores.
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If you don&#39;t plan to join the thundering herd trampling into stores to return holiday gifts today, well, you&#39;re not alone.
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Early holiday sales reports are weak, with Target Corp., the nation's No.2 retailer, warning that its sales may have fallen in December.
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When Florida was reeling from one hurricane after another during the summer, the Salvation Army was a welcome sight for thousands of storm victims. But with the holidays here, the charity's bell-ringers and red kettles have been barred from Target stores.