By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign in St. Joseph is underway and volunteers are needed to help ring bells
The campaign began earlier this month, and runs through December 23rd, and through the first three weeks has had a good number of volunteers.
But Social Services Director Emily Bravo says they could always use more. . .
“You can never have to many volunteers, and so it’s something that businesses like to come in and ring as a group and they like to go to one of the stores with two different doors and see who can bring in the most, things like that,” Bravo tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “And so we’re always bringing in new volunteers.”
The campaign runs until December 23rd with bell ringers out every day except for Sundays and on Thanksgiving.
Bravo says the campaign is important because it not only helps with Christmas, but also helps fund several other Salvation Army programs
“It helps with things for the shelter as well as food for the homeless, clothing, we have some programs that can send kids to camp,” Bravo explains. “And just different things throughout the year that we otherwise may not have funding for.”
The Salvation Army has bell ringers at more than five locations around St. Joseph. To volunteer you can contact Megan Smith at the Salvation Army offices.
Bravo says for those interested in volunteering, ringing the bells also doesn’t require a huge time commitment
“Shifts are usually four to five hour shifts, if somebody can only come in and ring for an hour we can work with that as well,” Bravo says. “But it’s not usually a huge time commitment.”
To volunteer you can contact Megan Smith at the Salvation Army offices.
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