Salvation Army using cardboard bell-ringers to stoke donations
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. That smiling Salvation Army bell-ringer may look a little frozen in place this holiday season, but it&#39;s not because of the cold weather.
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Captain Chuck Anderson from the Salvation Army is spraying the kettles red, in preparation for their annual Christmas fundraiser. He says,&quot;Last year we helped almost 1500 children and senior citizens and over 600 families.
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(Rochester, NY) 11/11/04 - The Salvation Army&#39;s Red Kettle Campaign needs your help once again, but you won&#39;t find them everywhere they were last year.
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The Salvation Army started its annual holiday fund-raising campaign Tuesday with a $85,000 hole in the kettle. That&#39;s how much the charity estimates it collected in kettles in front of Target stores last year.
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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.
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Britain's biggest broadcasters are getting together to encourage people to give time and money to charities.
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The clang of coins in the Salvation Army&#39;s trademark red kettles is being replaced, at least in part, with the swipe of credit and debit cards, as some bell ringers began using handheld card readers here.
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When Linda Sharpnack decided to become a bell ringer for the Salvation Army&#39;s holiday kettle campaign, she called up some of her closest friends and enlisted their help too.
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The clang of coins in the Salvation Army&#39;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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PHOENIX Salvation Army bell ringers are accepting more than coins in the kettle this year. The charity is equipping some bell ringers to take donations on credit cards.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Jacksonville Salvation Army is concerned many needy families will have do without this holiday season, because Target is no longer allowing Kettle Ringers in front of their stores.
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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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MINNEAPOLIS - A prosperous businessman didn't think he was entitled to his 2004 Social Security payments, so he became an early Santa Claus for the Salvation Army.  Last week, the man dropped a check for $14,845 into a bell ringer's red kettle outside a bookstore in downtown Minneapolis.
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The Salvation Army is still hoping this season will be merry, even though it has fewer places to ring bells and fewer volunteers. The Salvation Army kicked off its red kettle campaign at Fourth Street Live today.
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Target&#39;s decision to ban Salvation Army bell ringers from its 1,313 locations nationwide has hit Allentown this holiday season.
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By Bill Michelmore, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Dec. 9--NIAGARA FALLS -- Santa Claus, cleverly disguised as Major David Cedervall of the Salvation Army, carted away three large bags of toys from the KB Toy store in the Fashion Outlets mall this week.
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Planning a gift to charity can make a good thing even better.