Coronavirus has had a major impact on Salvation Army of Jackson County’s annual fundraising campaign, causing what Major Jason Koenig calls “a very challenging year,” but Monday brought a bright spot.<\/p>\n
Koenig says that the Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle campaign is short about half of its usual bell-ringing volunteers. The organization is currently short about $25,000 and has not yet managed to raise half of its $160,000 goal for the year.<\/p>\n
However, sometime on Monday, Koenig says that someone placed a gold coin worth an estimated $1,800 in one of the Medford kettles.<\/p>\n
“It is a great blessing and a reminder of the amazing generosity of our community,” Koenig said.<\/p>\n
Monday’s unexpected gift aside, the Salvation Army is still very much in search of funding to help those in need for the next year. Particularly with COVID-19 having such an outside impact on bell-ringing volunteers, the Salvation Army has provided additional ways to donate, and instituted extra safety measures at its usual sites:<\/p>\n
“Every donation provides help and hope to those in need, and all gifts stay within the community in which they are given,” Koenig said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Coronavirus has had a major impact on Salvation Army of Jackson County’s annual fundraising campaign, causing what Major Jason Koenig calls “a very challenging year,” but Monday brought a bright spot. Koenig says that the Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle campaign is short about half of its usual bell-ringing volunteers. The organization is currently short about $25,000 and has not yet managed to raise half of its $160,000 goal for the year. However, sometime on Monday, Koenig says that someone placed a gold coin worth an estimated $1,800 in one of the Medford kettles. “It is a great blessing and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n