'Metal In The Kettle' Fundraiser Brings In $24K For Salvation Army
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"We like to have a little bit of fun with it," said Quicken Loans CEO Bill Emerson, dressed as a big, pink bunny.
Detroit is turning red to help raise awareness during the final days of The Salvation Army's red kettle fundraising campaign.
The Salvation Army says the gold coin's worth is enough to provide coats to 48 children to keep them warm this winter ...
The goal for the campaign in southeast Michigan is $8.75 million ... which funds Salvation Army programs all year long.
In downtown Detroit the line outside one store began forming early Thursday morning.
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The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit announced that it raised $8,303,690.86 through its 2012 Red Kettle Campaign, the largest amount the nonprofit has ever raised through all previous annual campaigns.
Police say several stores in the area were also evacuated as a precaution.
Most of my life I have tried my best to avoid eye contact with strange men. But, for 8 hours each year I smile at all of them -- women, too. I am a volunteer bell ringer for the Salvation Army.
The city of Detroit is turning red to raise awareness of the final days metro Detroiters can donate to The Salvation Army's 2012 Red Kettle Campaign, which ends when red kettles leave storefronts across metro Detroit on Christmas Eve.
Area residents are invited to use cell phone technology and social media to help make a difference this holiday season during Community Financial Credit Union's "Warming Hearts & Homes" program.
The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit has gone high tech for the 2012 Red Kettle campaign. AT&T Inc. is loaning the nonprofit 36 Android phones to support the drivers who transport bell ringers and the iconic red kettles to and from nearly 450 locations thorughout metro Detroit.
Major Herb Fuqua of the Salvation Army says they're seeing more and more families in need this holiday season.
The Salvation Army red kettle bell ringers are now out at area businesses collecting monetary donations to help the less fortunate.
The Salvation Army put the metal to the kettle Thursday morning in Campus Martius, as the organization kicked off their annual hoilday fundraising drive.
The Salvation Army will be hosting the 30th Annual Coats for Kids campaign at the HYPE center in Dearborn Heights.
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It's a last day for the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign and they're still about $250,000 away from their $8.2 million goal.
A donation immediately comes off a donor's 2011 taxes as a charitable deduction from your taxable income, (versus making a donation in early 2012) – that would show as a deduction on 2012 taxes.
The goodies, valued at more than $820, were donated in separate kettles in West Bloomfield and other areas. They'll be auctioned off later this month by Abbott's Corp. of Birmingham.
The familiar chime of the bells ringing for The Salvation Army will end at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 – traditionally the final day of the iconic red kettles at storefronts.
It's crunch time for the Salvation Amy as the charity enters the final days in this year's effort to help needy Metro Detroiters
Hundreds of Macomb County families are being helped with their Christmas shopping today by the Salvation Army Warren Corps.
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Police say the body of James Sanford was found on March 28, 2026, in the area of Hines Drive and Levan Road.
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