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While the Salvation Army will deal with some challenges during the 2020 kettle campaign, it’s hoping people’s giving spirit won’t be dampened.
The famous kettle campaign has begun but Capt. Kristen Gray says there will be fewer kettles because there are fewer volunteers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are hoping that people will still give generously and that we may be able to make up for the shortfall of having fewer kettles out,” Gray told the Greg Morgan Morning Show this week.
Kettles will be sanitized once an hour and all volunteers will be required to wear masks.
“Many of our volunteers who are seniors and who are in the more vulnerable population, some have just simply said, ‘I can’t take the risk of being out in public,’ ” Gray said. “Some are a little bit hesitant about the mask requirement but I think that’s a small number.”
The campaign is the organization’s largest fundraiser, raising $215,000 in Regina last year. This year, the goal is $225,000.
“That money goes to support the programs we run at Christmastime — Christmas Assistance, the Santas Anonymous program — but it also supports the programming that we do all year round,” Gray said.
“If we don’t bring in that money, then we may have to look at where we have to make cuts in the coming year. Hopefully that’s not the case but that’s the reality.”