St. Cloud Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign Kicks Off November 13 as Food Pantry Demand Rose 35%
The Salvation Army in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, will officially launch its annual Red Kettle campaign on Friday, November 13, with a kickoff event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Coborn’s in Sauk Rapids, featuring more than 500 cookies, coffee and hot cocoa.
The St. Cloud corps set a Red Kettle goal of $150,000, part of an overall holiday-season goal of $600,000. Funds raised support the corps’ year-round food, shelter and family assistance programs.
The corps also reported that demand at its food pantry rose 35% in August compared with a year earlier, one of the main pressures this season’s campaign aims to meet. Bell ringers will staff kettles at stores across the area through the holiday season.
The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign, a holiday tradition dating to 1891, keeps donations in the local communities where they are raised.
(Source: The Salvation Army)
Source: The Salvation Army
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