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Covid has created much more need than in years past! Get behind the Angel Tree/Red Kettle programs.

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Covid has created much more need than in years past!  Get behind the Angel Tree/Red Kettle programs.
Covid has created much more need than in years past! Get behind the Angel Tree/Red Kettle programs.

Covid has created much more need than in years past!

Get behind the Angel Tree/Red Kettle programs.

It's just for years and years and years.

Those of us here at minstrel had the pleasure of teaming up with the salvation army as we get closer to the holidays.

You know the reason i you know the guy that spirits major marksman talking about th salvation army angel tree program major part more and mor and 20 twenties with a year of change the salvation army in which are doing for the angel tree no exception.

How are things going to be different this year will you know we have had to make a lot of changes in the way we do things the salvation army, one of the whic we the angel treat options online this year.

Not only are the adoptions on my goal on online and purchase gifts for your angels on the registration was online ominous, but a challenge.

We've had 41 percent more angel's shooter while in other words, 41 percent in need.

Above is what you have.

Last year, absolutely.

We have over 5000 angel publisher what you think the numbers jumped up so i while i think a lot of people lost income this year.

All everybody's been challenged in some way or another.

Sure and we people don't really know what the rest of the year's gonna look like an we were able to pu the registrations online.

We will update alone.

Is it too late.

If someone is watching the first time.

It is becoming familiar with the angel tree program and therein me.

Is it too late to put their name and it is right now but we we still have all resources we can refer people to their other rom agencies and other community organizations that can help us all our what about those who want to help those who are less fortunate with her.

It's a youn child middle-age senior citizen.

The whole gambit.

How do you help this year is an exclusivel online.

Can you still go to one of your eyeballs and get to the angel tree tags we've done in years past.

All that's that's exciting.

Yes, we can you have options.

You get a tag at the mall you go to walmart since your walmarts are putting angel trees in her store dinners qr codes you can use to get online would adopt right there's a lot of options.

Had you said the number of families who are in the shearers up 40 percent translate that into dollars for us.

How much were you able to raise last year and how much do you think you're going to need this year.

You know ... that's the big unknown what what we raise last year was about 40 and 450,000 dollars red kettle campaign right in red kettle challenge of working to need more this year, but it's in the symbiosis between number of people in the top number people it give money short is a combination of the two is going to have to raise up to bill help everybody sure i order a specia broadcast.

Let's chat this coming friday live.

I think to ring the bell.

Just ... just as i yet were not ring the bell.

So tell us a little bit about what goes on this friday all warm excited about it were to be with you again friday to do the kick off and on.

Call me spinster them your musical gues on ol and were excited about that word we kick off our campaign were: risk when christmas is sure rescuing christmas morning and were also kicking off the red kettle challenge in red kettle challenge of channel 12 takes up every year right word we ask business or organization to adopt one red kettle and bring it back with 1000 dollars i bet we'll do that this year major part we are up against the clock.

If you want to find out more about what's going on this friday or how you can help out the salvation army any time with here but especially as we get closer to the holidays.

Check out the website's esrb.org cs

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