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Salvation Army Captain Ashley Luzader carries prepared meals for local residents as part of the weekly food bank operation on Friday at the Salvation Army center on East Otterman Street in Greensburg.
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Editor’s note: This is an occasional series examining how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of members of our community.
Ashley Luzader knows the toll the covid-19 pandemic has taken on local families.
She sees it every week as people line up to receive food at the Salvation Army’s outreach center along East Otterman Street in Greensburg.
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Dan Williams of New Stanton, vice president of the Youngwood Dog Club, and his Austrailian cattle dog, Shep, look on as shoppers place donations in a Salvation Army kettle on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, outisde Macy’s at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield. Club members and their therapy dogs headed to several Hempfield locations to attract attention to the kettle drive.
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Michelle Keller of New Alexandria looks on as her husband, Tom, is greeted by Bella, a miniature golden doodle, held by owner Mary Beth Wilson of Hempfield, a member of the Youngwood Dog Club. Club members and their therapy dogs gathered on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, to attract attention to a Salvation Army kettle drive location outside Macy’s at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield.
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A gold Canadian coin donated to the Greensburg Salvation Army this week.
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Greensburg Salvation Army Capt. Ashley Luzader was sorting through the usual pile of change that had been dropped into bell ringers’ red kettles Tuesday when she found something strange an unusually heavy coin wrapped in white paper.
“I was pulling out all the dollars, and I was thinking ‘this feels really heavy.’” she said.
She unwrapped the object to find a solid gold Canadian coin bearing the face of Queen Elizabeth.
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Volunteer firefighter Dale Hutchinson rings a bell for the Salvation Army outside Bortz Hardware in Greensburg on Saturday, Dec 19, 2020. Hutchinson has been a member of Greensburg Fire Company No. 3 for 42 years and is a fifth generation
of family firefighters.
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The Salvation Army’s famous red kettles are a lot lighter than usual this year, and there are fewer of them to be found around Westmoreland County.
“As of right now, we’re not even at half our goal, and we have six kettle days left,” said Lt. Donna Hannan, assistant corps officer for the Greensburg Salvation Army. The organization had raised $29,000 of its $80,000 goal as of Friday.