Salvation Army Campaign Needs Boost
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 @ 3:55 AM
Prince George, B.C.- It is crunch time for the Salvation Army in Prince George.
With just a few days left in the annual Christmas Campaign, the donations are about $100 thousand dollars short of the $300 thousand goal.
“These funds are used throughout the year in the community” says Captain Neil Wilkinson “So yes, we are in need of a Christmas miracle.”
Last year at this time, the campaign was about $40 thousand dollars short of its goal.
The Kettle campaign could use some more volunteers to get through this critical collections period. “We have 15 kettles throughout the city and it takes 7 volunteers each day to be at the kettles, so that means we need 105 volunteers each day just to make sure there is someone at a kettle.”
Anyone wishing to help out in these final days, can do so by calling the Salvation Army at 250-564-4000 or by dropping by the Church on Ospika.
Later this morning, the City will be delivering the food collected during it’s two day food for far program on P.G. Transit. That program allowed passengers to ride for free if they made a donation of a non perishable food item.
Comments
What’s the SA’s bank account balance these days?
“the donations are about $100 thousand dollars short of the $300 thousand goal” .. ya think maybe it’s because you can’t go anywhere in this town without people and organizations wanting money? Stores have gotten into the fray with catchy little things like “rounding up your bill for charity?”. I think people just get sick and tired of being hit on wherever they go. The over the top collecting on behalf of lakeland employees probably tapped a lot of peoples’ chariy budget this year. By the way, what is happening with all that money? Will moneys paid to those who were put out of work (not those actually injured) affect be counted against thier EI benefits.
I have to agree with you there, But. I think a lot of people are charity fatigued, and dollars don’t seem to go as far as they used to.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a government that would finally address the problem of just WHY our “dollars don’t seem to go as far as they used to”? Instead of just decreasing their purchasing power even further? But we don’t. And won’t. And so no matter who forms the next government come May they’ll simply follow the same failed prescription that leads to so many forgetting no matter how much additional money they stand to gain, it’s what each dollar of that money will actually BUY that really counts.
I’ve heard that song before, socredible. You’d need governments all over the world to agree on it… good luck with that.
“ya think maybe it’s because you can’t go anywhere in this town without people and organizations wanting money?” Yup that exactly what I think. The causes and intentions of the people collecting money for the most part are admirable, however the tacktics used and the frequency of being solicited is getting out of hand. I have no problem with such things as fund raisers and raffles etc.and I have chosen two organizations that get a set mount of my money. However, the people/organizations that phone my home, or constantly aproach me with various ways of trying to “appeal to my kindness” get nothing. These people actually do thier charity a disservice by being too aggressive. Put your cause out there and let people decide for themselves without trying to be a used car salesman. (No offence to used car salesmen)
I agree it is getting out of hand. In my opinion The Salvation Army is one of the better ones to give to and I always do. Then we have Heart and Stroke, Cancer Society, Spirit of the North, M.S. Society, St. Vincent, the Legion, the Paramedics doing their thing, the firemen doing their thing, countless schools wanting donations, and this year the Lakeland fund as someone mentioned above. It just gets to be too much. It’s no wonder they are short of their goal. My goal is to have enough to house and feed my own family.
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