Salvation Army faces shortage of volunteers [View All]

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http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=104203&z=175

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HOULTON - While area residents clean up from their Thanksgiving feasts today and plot out their shopping trips for tomorrow, they most likely will be ready for the sight of shoppers wielding massive packages and parking lots full to the brim. But a familiar holiday sight - the bell-ringing Salvation Army volunteer next to a red kettle - may be missing this year.


The reason? The agency can't seem to find enough volunteers to help this year, according to, Capt. Paul Knickerbocker of The Salvation Army in Houlton.

"We run completely on volunteers, and things seem to be especially slow in terms of people signing up to help this year," he said Wednesday. "We are having problems in Houlton and Presque Isle, especially."

Each year, the Salvation Army stations volunteers at specific locations alongside the charity kettles. Shoppers and pedestrians who put money in the containers contribute up to 40 percent of the organization's annual income to help the needy.

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