Extreme cold hinders Salvation Army Red Kettle collection
The donations provide support to homeless shelters, food pantries, and Christmas gifts for children.
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The donations provide support to homeless shelters, food pantries, and Christmas gifts for children.
The Salvation Army is not able to conduct its usual red kettle collection due to the extreme cold ahead of Christmas.
Donors have dropped five gold coins and one silver coin in Salvation Army red kettles so far this holiday season.
Someone dropped a one-ounce South African coin worth $1,900 into a kettle outside the Jewel at Village Crossing in Niles.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Albert Ramon meets a young donor for the Salvation Army at State and Washington streets.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Albert Ramon is out ringing the bell for the kettle campaign. He is joined by Kathleen Himes, resource and development coordinator for the Salvation Army.
The money raised by the red kettle holiday campaign goes to help people year-round though food pantries, rent, utility assistance, and children's programs.
Our partnership with the Salvation Army is strong, and we're building an even greater bond by heading outside to ring the bell at one of their red kettles in the Loop. Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon is out at State and Washington, where he met with Salvation Army volunteer Tina Evans, who also has received support from them over her life.
Someone slipped it into a kettle outside of a Jewel-Osco in Batavia. The second is a one-ounce gold Standing Liberty coin, also valued at $2,000. It was dropped inside a kettle at a Starbucks 9 miles away in Geneva.
The Salvation Army said a kettle containing approximately $400 in cash donations was stolen around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday from the corner of State and Randolph streets.
A Salvation Army red kettle was stolen earlier this week in the Loop.
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You will see kettles outside stores across Chicago and the suburbs.
You will see kettles outside stores across Chicago and the suburbs.
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