Salvation Army Kettle Drive outstanding
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LAKE COUNTY — From the Friday after Thanksgiving to the day before Christmas, volunteers braved the cold and sometimes inclement weather, standing in the lobbies of Ronan Harvest Foods, Pablo Quality Foods, Super One Foods, and Walmart to ring the bell for the Salvation Army Kettle Drive.
Proceeds from the Kettle Drive went to: the Helping Hands Fund voucher program; Safe Harbor for lodging; and to the Polson and Ronan Police Departments, who write vouchers when the Helping Hands Fund office is closed. Ninety percent of the funds raised stay in Lake County to help provide food, shelter, gas, utilities, medications, bus tickets, lodging, and meals to the needy. In addition, HHF also helps individuals with more long-term resources.
This proved to be the most successful bell-ringing season yet. The 2013 Kettle Drive produced a total of $15,174.72, slightly more than the goal of $15,000.
Polson Community Church was again the winner of the Polson Ministerial Association’s coveted “Bell Trophy” raising $1,545.40. It should also be noted that Safe Harbor collected $729.29 at Ronan Harvest Foods, the most money raised in the South Mission Valley. Sunburst Mental Health was the winner in Polson, collecting $626.71. The First Presbyterian Church Quartet sang for four hours, filling one and a half kettles.
Thank you to all those who so generously contributed their time to ring the bell and to the Mission Valley Community for your generosity in helping to fill the kettles.
They were so full some days that the teller at the bank had to bring her ironing board and iron into work to flatten out the bills before they could be counted — a good problem.
