Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign in its Final Days

The Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign is getting into its final days as the last day of the collection will be Christmas Eve – and donations are down this year. The kettles are located at Family Fare, Runnings and Walmart in Litchfield and the money collected helps local people.

Heather Jeseritz says the Salvation Army is a great organization and if you make donations to them through the mail or on-line, it goes to help with their statewide, national and international mission efforts, which is great, but when you put money in the local red kettles, it helps people in Meeker County who are facing some type of emergency situation. She says you can drop coins, cash or checks in the red kettles, and this year, for the 9th time, they received a gold coin.

Jeseritz says if you do not have cash, they no longer have a QR code on the kettles, but you can contact her to get information about how to donate at 320-699-0461, and donations may be dropped off at the UCAP office at 409 North Sibley Avenue in Litchfield and mention that it’s for the Red Kettle campaign. She says if anyone is willing to take a shift to ring the bell at a red kettle, go to registertoring.com or call her as donations are more likely to be made when people are ringing the bell.

Jeseritz says they have a goal of collecting $20,000, and they aren’t even half-way to that point yet. She’s asking people to open their hearts and their pocket books during the final days of the campaign and make donations in the red kettles.