Each year many Corps of
The Salvation Army throughout the nation have partnered with VolunteerFIRST
and this RingBells.org web site to make it easier for individuals
find and register for volunteering opportunities in their local
community.
If your community is not listed to the left, or not found in the zip-code search shown below - then VolunteerFIRST is not being used in that community for online bell ringing registration. Please contact your local Salvation Army office directly for volunteer opportunities.
To volunteer, select your Community from the list, or enter your zip code
below:
* Special
thanks to Madison, WI - Our charter RingBells.org Corps
About
The Red Kettle Christmas CampaignThe
Red Kettle Christmas Campaign enables the Army to provide food,
toys and clothing to over 6 million people during the Christmas
season and helps more than 34 million Americans recovering from
all kinds of personal disasters nationwide.
The Red Kettle campaign, first started in San Francisco in 1891, has traditionally
been The Salvation Army’s most prominent fund-raiser. In 2004, the campaign
raised over $100 million in communities nationwide, with the nickels, dimes,
quarters and dollars all remaining in the towns where the money was deposited
into the kettles. The funds raised help support many of the 37 million people
in poverty who turn to the Army for food and toys at Christmas, utility and homeless
assistance, senior and child care, drug abuse treatment and many other social
service needs.
About
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian
church, has been supporting those in need in His name without
discrimination since 1865. Nearly 33 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. About
83 cents of every dollar raised is used to support those services
in nearly 9,000 communities nationwide. For more information,
go to http://www.salvationarmyusa.org.
