Salvation Army tradition in danger
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By ROBIN BROWN. After three decades as a volunteer Salvation Army bell ringer, 64-year-old James &quot;Sonny&quot; Rosel keeps thinking of retiring.
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No problem. Salvation Army bell ringers will swipe your debit or credit card for an on-the-spot donation. Starting Wednesday in Arizona, the agency is using hand-held debit/credit machines at select Valley locations.
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In the holiday jostle, Salvation Army&#39;s red kettles have taken a spill. Target&#39;s decision this year to bar Salvation Army fundraisers from its 1,313 stores in 47 states ends
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MONTEREY, Calif. -- Salvation Army bell ringers will be back in time for the holidays, at least at one nationwide store chain that had banned them.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - There&#39;s a reason that smiling Salvation Army bell-ringer looks a little stiff this Christmas season, and it&#39;s not the cold weather.
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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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Louisville rings in the Christmas season with a 120-year tradition. The Salvation Army kicked off its kettle and bell ringing campaign Friday, called &quot;Keep the Tradition Alive.
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Angry that the Salvation Army might lose nearly $200,000 in donations collected in red kettles outside Target department stores in Washington state, customers have latched onto Internet-fueled boycott campaigns, written stinging letters and vowed to take
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An American institution is in danger of fading away.
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Charles Burnett was ringing a bell in front of the Wal-Mart in Fairmount. It was Burnettâs first day, but the Salvation Army has stationed volunteers by red kettles for more than a hundred years.
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The Salvation Army holds its annual Kettle Kick-Off this evening in downtown St. Paul with the lighting of a giant kettle. The Salvation Army plans to announce a $7 million Christmas fund-raising goal.
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By ROBERT WELLER DENVER - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
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The clang of coins in the Salvation Army's red kettles is being accompanied by the swwwwwipe of credit and debit cards this year as the charity equips some bell ringers to accept plastic.
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Like fruit cake and Santa Claus, they have become an important part of the holiday season. Beginning in early November and running through Christmas, Salvation Army
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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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Christmas drinking could have led to unprotected sex and a record number of abortions last month, says a charity.
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The decision by Target Corp. to ban Salvation Army bell-ringers this year could take the jingle out of the collection bell, but the local Army operation hopes the community will rally so that doesn&#39;t happen.