Red Kettle campaign behind goal
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To ring bells, call the Salvation Army at (608) 757-8300 or visit janesvillesa.org
Donations can be mailed to 514 Sutherland Ave., Janesville, WI 53545. You can give online at janesvillesa.org, or you can donate $5 by texting the word "bell" to 52000. The charge will show up on your next cell phone bill, and will go to the chapter that corresponds to your area code and first three digits of your phone number.
JANESVILLE — The Janesville Salvation Army in five weeks has raised two-thirds of its goal for the annual Red Kettle campaign, so it will take a large effort to raise the final one-third in the one week remaining, Capt. Kirk Schuetz said.
The organization this year raised its goal by $15,000, but it's $8,000 behind where it was at this time last year, Schuetz wrote in a news release.
"We clearly need a lot of help if we are going to meet our goal this year," he said in the release.
Still, the news isn't all bad. The campaign isn't laggings as far as it was last week, when it was $16,000 behind the same time last year.
As of Wednesday, the Kettle campaign had raised $202,189 of its $300,000 goal, the release says. The organization still has 20 percent of its slots open for bell ringing before Dec. 24.
Salvation Army raises 40 percent of its cash budget from the Red Kettle campaign, the release says.
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