Goldsboro News-Argus | News: Local Salvation Army kettles are a little bare this Christmas: "Local Salvation Army kettles are a little bare this Christmas
The Salvation Army's kettle campaign is in trouble.
'Our kettles are running behind last year,' said Maj. Andrew Wiley, local Salvation Army commander.
This year's kettle campaign goal is $70,000. But the Salvation Army has barely topped $12,000, Wiley said. More than $80,000 was raised last year, he added.
'A lot of it, I think, is the impact of so much with hurricanes and other disasters around the country,' he said. 'It's just made for a difficult fundraising.'
Wiley said the Salvation Army's letter campaign to donors is also falling behind this year. 'I really feel like it's the impact of so much charitable giving early on that people are just maybe given out or are not thinking about the needs at home right now. But the needs are just as real at home.'"
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