Widow Drops $2.6K Ring into Salvation Army Kettle in Weymouth

The Salvation Army has seen a trend of anonymous donors dropping valuable jewelry items into kettles throughout Massachusetts.

It all started when a widow dropped her wedding ring in a Boston Salvation Army kettle to honor her late husband in early December.

This initial donation led to diamond encrusted jewelry to be handed over at four separate Salvation Army locations this week.

An anonymous widow dropped two wedding bands and a diamond engagement ring into a Salvation Army kettle in Weymouth on Tuesday, Boston Globe reported.

The donor wrote that she wants the proceeds to go to rehabilitation centers. The note was signed, “Love, Another Widow (with a drug addiction [sic] son),” according to the Globe.

The diamond engagement ring was valued at $2,600, the Globe reported.

In addition to the Weymouth donation, anonymous donors gave jewelry to Salvation Army red kettles in Fitchburg on Tuesday and in Lynn and Swampscott on Wednesday.

A diamond pendant was given to bell-ringers in Lynn and wedding rings were dropped into a kettle in Swampscott, according to Boston.com.

All of these donated jewelry items will be sold to bidders through the charity’s website, the Globe reported.

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