baltimoresun.com - The charity squeeze: "Financing those good works is a job that Major Jim Arrowood, the Salvation Army's area commander, delights in. It's an extra challenge this year because Target, the upscale discount box store, decided this year to ban the Salvation Army's traditional Christmas bell ringers and kettles from the entrances of all 1,272 Target stores across the nation.
Last year, money collected outside Target stores in the Baltimore area accounted for more than a third of the $223,000 collected in the local kettle drive.
Target officials said the company was forced to bar the venerable Salvation Army bell ringers because it wasn't fair to allow one charity to solicit and not the many others who sought the same permission."
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