By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Salvation Army is just a little over halfway to its kettle goal of $70,000 this year as of Tuesday.
"It's closer to being on pace, but we still need a lot of help," said Maj. Paul James. "Saturday really put us past that halfway mark. Toy Depot, Sleep Shoppe and Smith's Market have really been a help for this season."
They can still use bell ringers, too.
"If people have a couple hours, we have two hour increments, they can go on to registertoring.com, select what store and what two-hour time frame that they can sign up," James said. "Those are always available. Some days we are able to cover all of our spots. Other days, people don't show up."
If you want to donate, there are many ways to do so, even if you don't have cash for the kettle.
"On our kettle stands, sometimes, people have said, oh, if you only had a credit card machine, right?" James said. "There's still a way to do that. On our signs we have a QR code where you can turn your camera on your phone, highlight the QR code. It will pop up a website where you can enter your credit card and what amount you would like to donate. There's Paypal, Venmo, really no reason not to be able to donate in many different ways."
James even noted that some folks have been getting cash back and putting $20 bills in the kettle.