Joyce E Curran

Red Kettle campaign touches city

• A lot of people know us for Christmas, but many in our community know us all year round, from running our pantry program to emergency assistance to emergency disaster relief, Lieutenant Joyce Curran said. Through our social services like counseling, budgeting and youth programs, all these count oProceeds from the Red Kettle are a huge portion of the Salvation Armys social service budget, according to Joyce Curran. A lot of people dont understand that for us to be able to offer the services that we do to the community all year long, we count on what they give.The money will be used for financial assistance, counseling, buying food, medicine, transportation and many other things for those who apply for assistance at the Salvation Army,Joyce Curran explained.It was a red kettle, or just any pot put outside, and it was kept boiling to feed the hungry,Joyce Curran said referring to the motivation for the campaign. It was done around Christmas but that pot boiling was not necessarily for Christmas; it was a meal so people would have something to eat. IWe have some 500 children that need Christmas gifts in Garden City,Joyce Curran said, explaining that the children already told the Salvation Army their ages, gender and presented generic lists of what they wanted for Christmas. Most of them ask for a Barbie or a car or a ball children that ar
• Date: Dec 12, 2014
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google