3 Days To Go: Salvation Army $35,000 Short Of Goal

WAUKESHA, WI — With three days to go in the 2017 Waukesha Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign, the local charity says it is still needs to make up $35,000 to reach their goal.

“Those who have given this year have been very generous," Waukesha Corps officer, Major Nelson de La Vergne, said. "The 2017 shortfall is caused by our not having been able to secure enough fulltime bell ringers to bring those donors to the county’s fifty Red Kettle locations.”

“When a Red Kettle stands unattended and silent, with no one greeting people and drawing attention,”
De La Vergne said, “we can lose hundreds of dollars every hour.”

The Waukesha Salvation Army said that gifts can be made in a variety of ways in addition to Red Kettle donations:

• Texting the word WAUKESHA to 71777
• Writing a check to the Waukesha Salvation Army and mailing it to 445 Madison Street, Waukesha, WI 53188.
• Dropping off cash or a check at the second-floor Salvation Army office at 445 Madison Street from 8:00am – noon, and 1-4 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
• Donating appreciated stock that has been held by the donor at least one year. Transactions must be completed prior to year-end through Peter Zehren, major gifts director for the Salvation Army’s Wisconsin/Upper Michigan division office at 414-302- 4300, x2229. His email is: peter_zehren@usc.salvationarmy.org

• Operating the largest homeless shelter for men in Waukesha County;
• Operating a large food pantry;
• Providing free hot meals for hundreds in its Waukesha dining hall, on three evenings each week;
• Operating a summertime Feed The Kids program, a summertime Day Camp program, among other programs.

The Salvation Army was founded internationally in London in 1865, and locally in Waukesha in 1894.

The local corp’s Web site is: waukeshasalvationarmy.org

Photo courtesy Salvation Army