SOUTHFIELD ? If you sign up to host your own Salvation Army virtual red kettle you can be entered into the chance to win an expense-paid trip to Dallas on Thanksgiving Day to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints.
The Salvation Army?s Online Red Kettle has helped provide approximately 144,881 meals to the hungry and 5,976 Christmas toys to children since its launch three years ago.
This year, each individual that signs up to host an Online Red Kettle at OnlineRedKettle.Org will be entered to win the trip to Dallas. The contest is free to enter. All rules and information are viewable at the web site.
In addition to the Online Red Kettle component, a companion Facebook application, introduced in 2009 has made it not only easier to give, but more fun for participants.
The Facebook application allows your goal, progress and Online Red Kettle link to appear on your Facebook profile. Once someone makes a donation via Facebook, a notification will show in your newsfeed.
?Now more than ever, with poverty affecting an astonishing 14 percent of Michigan residents, it is important to remember those less fortunate,? said Major John Turner, general secretary for The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit. ?Our Online Red Kettle program is an easy, user-friendly way to get your friends and family online together in support of The Salvation Army.?
Donors can designate donations to go to The Salvation Army in their zip code, in the zip code of the kettle host or in the zip code of their choice.
?It?s important for people to know that the Red Kettle giving season doesn?t end with Christmas ? it continues through the end of January,? Major Turner said. ?And the online technology allows you to continue supporting The Salvation Army 365 days a year.?
Founded by William Booth in London, England in 1865, The Salvation Army is a faith-based, non-profit organization dedicated to serving people in need without discrimination. In 2009, The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit was involved in providing 3,181,865 million meals and 724,134 nights of shelter for the homeless. The Salvation Army uses $.85 of every dollar raised to provide direct services to people in need each and every day of the year.
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