From The Archive: Red Kettle Bells

The Red Kettle campaign has been around along time.

This story dates back to 1985, when department stores were downtown (Lovemans)

Hopefully our thursday throwback tonight will inspire you to give at the battle of the bells tomorrow.

We're going back 35 years to when everyone still shopped in person, and the department stores were still downtown.

But the red kettles were still there.

Coming up next on prime news at seven... say this i try to say thanks christmas being a volunteer in this army is a large thankless job, but there are some odd rewards.

Unlike the good samaritan elderly people out of the straight people really last year during the holidays.

Local volunteer and paid salvation army recruits collected some $8, 000.

The christmas carol tradition dates back to the 1890.

Then as now volunteers came forward.

He not of themselves but of others to help you make that dad have and i said yes.

I didn't think twice about it said makes no people are homeless or candy and will not back and do anything.

What will the salvation army motto sharing is caring brings the chris the spirits of more than 3 million americans who might otherwise be forgotten and lest you forget it is the silen ball and peers who make sure that