Bell Ringers Needed for Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign
November 29, 2023 The annual signature fundraiser of the Salvation Army, better known as the Red Kettle Campaign, should be in full swing by now— but there’s one huge problem this year: There aren’t enough people stepping up to help jingle the bells.It’s a sad reality for Stacie Healy, the organization’s Service Center Director for the High Country. On Monday, she had only three ringers.for the 17 available sites across Ashe, Avery and Watauga counties. “On a good day so far, we might have seven ringers.”Now in her third year of heading up the regional center, Healy stressed, “We know it’s cold out there, but many people who are ringing the bells are able to return to a warm home with food on their tables and their bills paid; most of those they are ringing for do not have the same comforts.” By Sherrie Norris