The Salvation Army reports thanks to contributions from donors, volunteers and community partners they raised over 22 million dollars nationally during their 125th Christmas kettle campaign surpassing their 21 million dollar goal. They note donations to the campaign will remain in the local communities in which they were raised and will help the Salvation Army assist vulnerable people with basic necessities such as food, clothing, shelter and other provisions.
As we reported earlier the Christmas kettle campaign in Flin Flon raised 21 thousand dollars of which 11 thousand went to paying for hampers and 10 thousand will be used to operate the rest of the year with their soup days and other programs.
The Christmas kettle campaign is held in more than two thousand locations across Canada as the Salvation Army’s annual fund raiser and is the largest charitable effort of the year for the non-profit organization.
