red kettle

Major Michael Jung says the virus has forced changes in the way the traditional 'Red Kettle' campaign and other programs will be conducted in 2020.

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford branch of the Salvation Army's "Red Kettle Campaign" has ended for the year, meeting its $100,000 goal. Kettles were placed with bell-ringers around the area to reach its goal, and because it met its goal this year, Major Gil Parkhurst says it will be getting an additional windfall...

BOSTON (AP) _ Generous donors are again filling up the Salvation Army's holiday red kettles across Massachusetts. The charitable organization says more valuables are appearing in their signature kettles after a wedding band and a diamond engagement ring were donated earlier this month in Lowell...

'Tis the season for giving, but Major Gil Parkhurst of the New Bedford branch of the Salvation Army says folks aren't giving to the Red Kettle campaign as much this year when compared to last year. "Red Kettle is down about 35%. We were doing the numbers yesterday, so we're behind about $20,000," said Parkhurst...

The familiar sounds of bell-ringing outside of grocery stores and other high-trafficked areas have begun to fill the ears of shoppers. The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign is accepting donations ahead of the holiday season to help provide toys for children, coats for the homeless, food for the hungry, and many other charitable causes...