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The Salvation Army Red Bank Corps Kicks Off Annual Christmas Campaign to Support Local Programs
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The Salvation Army Red Bank Corps Kicks Off Annual Christmas Campaign to Support Local Programs
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November 5, 2015 Red Bank, N.J – The highly visible, Red Kettle Campaign will officially launch on, November 13, 2015 for The Salvation Army Red Bank Corps. The Salvation Army hopes to raise $100K to support Christmas programs and services within our service area, throughout the entire year.
“The work done here cannot be done without your contributions this season. Please consider helping those in need this Christmas season,” says Lieutenant Brennen Hinzman, Corps Commanding Officer of The Salvation Army Red Bank Corps.
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Last year, over 1,500 people received assistance from food insecurity, 650 households received holiday assistance for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and over 500 children received Christmas gifts, which usually includes apparel and footwear, from the Angel Tree Tag Program. Additional services included various children’s programs, social services and over 400 meals were provided through our Bread of Life Community Kitchen: all from The Salvation Army. This holiday season is expected to be one of the busiest yet. Monies raised during the Red Kettle Campaign are used to sustain the vital programs and services that help people in need in their daily struggle.
The Salvation Army will host its first Red Kettle Kickoff Dinner, by invitation, on November 12, 2015 and host its 11th Annual Red Kettle Classic Basketball Tournament on Friday, December 4, 2015 at its Jane H. Booker Community Center, better known as “The Gym,” at 6 PM. To learn more about The Salvation Army Red Bank Corps’ holiday efforts and how to get involved, visit www.SalvationArmyNJ.org/redbank or its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/RedBankCorpsTSANJ, to check out upcoming events, programs and even a listing of stores where you will find the Red Kettle stands.
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About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for 130 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. Eighty-two cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support these services in 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information, visit salvationarmynj.org/.
About the Red Kettle Campaign
From its humble beginnings as a fundraiser started by a Salvation Army Captain in San Francisco in 1891, the Red Kettle Campaign has grown into one of the most recognizable and important charitable campaigns in the United States. Thousands of Salvation Army bell-ringers fan out across the country to ring bells and solicit donations to the iconic Red Kettles from holiday shoppers.
Media Contact:
Lieutenant Brennen Hinzman
732.747.1626, extension 106
