Canadian charities struggling as COVID-19 hits their bottom line
by Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press
Posted Dec 19, 2020 1:23 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 19, 2020 at 1:36 pm EDT
In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo money gets dropped into the kettle during the Annual Salvation Army Red Kettle and Angel Tree Kick Off outside the Hobby Lobby store in Augusta, Ga. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP, File
The familiar ringing of handbells has gone silent at many Canadian shopping malls this year as the Salvation Army tries to cope with COVID-19 rules at a time of dropping donations.
The Christmas Kettle campaign has been replaced with a red-and-white sign and an electronic tap pad that allows people in Alberta, parts of Ontario and Manitoba to donate $5 using debit or credit cards.
CALGARY The familiar ringing of handbells has gone silent at many Canadian shopping malls this year as the Salvation Army tries to cope with COVID-19 rules at a time of dropping donations. The Christmas Kettle campaign has been replaced with a red-and-white sign and an electronic tap pad that allows people in Alberta, parts of Ontario and Manitoba to donate $5 using debit or credit cards. “This is our 118th year of having kettles and this is the first time we ve ever had the kettles without people at them,” said Maj. Al Hoeft, the Salvation Army s division secretary. “Hopefully next year we ll be able to welcome all our volunteers back and get them out in the malls and the stores collecting again. But for 2020, this is a COVID-safe Christmas.”
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A Salvation Army bell is rung by Michael Cronin as he staffs the charity s red donation kettle in front of a grocery store, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Lynden, Wash. The familiar ringing of handbells has gone silent at many Canadian shopping malls this year as the Salvation Army tries to cope with COVID-19 rules at a time of dropping donations.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elaine Thompson December 19, 2020 - 7:00 AM
CALGARY - The familiar ringing of handbells has gone silent at many Canadian shopping malls this year as the Salvation Army tries to cope with COVID-19 rules at a time of dropping donations.
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