Salvation Army Indiana Red Kettle Challenge: Bender Lumber Matches Cash Gifts Dollar for Dollar in Five Counties, Up to $11,600, on the Weekend After Thanksgiving
The Salvation Army's Indiana Division announced on its website that local company Bender Lumber is running its Red Kettle matching challenge for a sixth year: on Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 28-29, cash dropped into any Red Kettle in Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Morgan and Orange counties in Indiana will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $11,600 across the five counties, with the matched funds designated for 2026 programs.
Kettles stand outside more than a dozen retail locations, including Walmart and Kroger stores. A second match is planned in December. The Salvation Army says every dollar raised stays in Indiana to fund year-round programs such as food, shelter and family support.
Bender Lumber President Ben Watters and Billie Kay, the Indiana Division's Service Extension director, are asking residents to give cash at a kettle during the match weekend so each dollar becomes two. Bender Lumber, founded in Bloomington in 1931, is an Indiana lumber and building-materials company.
The Red Kettle campaign, dating to 1891, is The Salvation Army's best-known fundraiser; the season runs from before Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve and supplies a major share of many local units' annual service budgets.
(Source: The Salvation Army)
Source: The Salvation Army
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Photo: 超市入口处的救世军红壶（资料图）。Dwight Burdette 摄，CC BY 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A Salvation Army red kettle at a supermarket entrance (file photo). Photo by Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
