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The Salvation Army of Vancouver Red Kettle campaign the annual holiday fundraiser where volunteers collect monetary donations outside of grocery stores and other businesses is seeing 40 percent fewer donations compared with last year.
Vancouver Salvation Army bell ringer a familiar face for 58 years
Published: December 17, 2020, 6:03am
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3 Photos Chuck Mulligan rings a bell and wishes shoppers a Merry Christmas at Fred Meyer s Grand Central location. Mulligan, who had a shift from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. that day, is in his 58th year ringing the bell at the Salvation Army kettle. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
The Salvation Army has a ringer in Vancouver.
For the past 58 years, Chuck Mulligan can always be counted on to ring a bell next to a red kettle to collect donations for the Salvation Army’s annual holiday drive.
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