Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Salvation Army Makes a Summer Appearance - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Salvation Army Makes a Summer Appearance - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com: "But this year, for the first time in more than three decades, the Salvation Army is deploying its kettles out of season — for a week in the height of summer. The reason is the economic crisis.

“We have seen this 400 percent increase in the amount of people showing up at our building,” said Capt. William Francis of the Salvation Army Times Square Ministries, one of the 39 sub-units in the division."

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