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Local restaurant owners step up to help Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign
The owners of two local businesses have stepped up to help the Herkimer Salvation Army raise funds during the annual Red Kettle Campaign this holiday season.
Posted: Dec 24, 2020 10:00 AM
Updated: Dec 24, 2020 10:03 AM
Posted By: WKTV
HERKIMER, N.Y. – The owners of two local businesses have stepped up to help the Herkimer Salvation Army raise funds during the annual Red Kettle Campaign this holiday season.
The Salvation Army has only raised 18% of its $35,000 goal this year, and is 65% behind where donations were at this time last year. The lack of donations is attributed mostly to the coronavirus pandemic, which has left many families strapped for cash and left the Salvation Army without as many volunteers this year.
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HERKIMER - The Salvation Army of Herkimer has set a goal of $35,000 for the 2020 Red Kettle fundraising campaign.
As of Friday afternoon, the total raised stood at $10,337.68, according to Lt. Derrick Purvis. The problem is not just lack of funds, but a lack of volunteers to ring bells at the kettles, he said.
Purvis and his wife, Heather, were appointed commanding officers of the Salvation Army of Herkimer in late August. That was later than the usual time for a new appointment, he said, and the coronavirus pandemic did not make things any easier.
“Typically, we’d be starting to get volunteers and starting our Angel Tree project then,” he said. The Angel Tree project gives families an opportunity to sign up to receive food and toys for children at Christmas. Wish lists are hung on a Christmas tree in a store Herkimer Walmart in this case and shoppers can select an angel from the tree, purchase the items requested and return them to the store or drop the