Target drops kettles from Salvation Army
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Target Corp. has banned Christmas kettle donations in front of its stores, costing the local Salvation Army fund drive about $20,000 a year, the organization&#39;s area commander said Monday in kicking off its annual holiday campaign.
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This holiday season's retail conundrum: to silence the bells, or let them ring. 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 from their doors -- to avoid having to choose between competing charities and out of concern for customers, they say.
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(December 3, 2004, 7:38 pm) Target stores may soon be the focus of a boycott because of a new holiday policy. In January, Target officials informed the Salvation Army that their holiday bell ringers could
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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.
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(CBN News) - Target stores nationwide are banning the Salvation Army bell-ringers. The nation&#39;s number two discount retailer behind Wal-Mart says the red kettles are no longer welcome outside their stores during the holidays.
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Folks dropping money in Salvation Army kettles at Wal-Mart stores can make their money go twice as far. The world's largest retailer announced Thursday it would match up to &#36;1 million in donations.
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OLATHE, Kan. - The Salvation Army's 20,000 shiny red kettles and trademark bell-ringers are easy to spot, but one helper stands out - on four legs.  Providence, a 6-year-old German wire-haired pointer, is in her third season as a Salvation Army volunteer.
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News that Target is no longer allowing Salvation Army bell ringers to set up kettles in front of their stores did not sit well at all with Tulare Councilwoman Nettie Washington.
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OLATHE, Kan. - The Salvation Army&#39;s 20,000 shiny red kettles and trademark bell-ringers are easy to spot, but one helper stands out - on four legs.
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It`s that time of year again, as members of the Salvation Army fan out across the Wabash Valley. It`s time for their annual Christmas kettle bell ringing season.
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One of the biggest fund-raising efforts of the year is about to begin for the Salvation Army: the Christmas kettle drive. In Flagstaff, the drive will kick off the day after Thanksgiving outside
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(Columbia) Dec. 2, 2004 - Blue Cross-Blue Shield employees Tiffany Singleton and Dianne Freeman are two of many volunteers offering their time to help the Salvation Army with its annual Red Kettle fundraising campaign.
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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.
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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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The head of the American Family Association calls Target &quot;this year&#39;s Ebeneezer Scrooge&quot; because it will no longer allow Salvation Army bell ringers outside its stores.
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The Salvation Army said Friday it has received a matching pledge from Wal-Mart Stores, which will match up to $1 million its customersâ donations to the red kettles in front of its stores.