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Do you want to help The Salvation Army in St. Petersburg Florida but do not have time to ring a bell at one of our kettles? Come volunteer with us or donate easily using our Online Red Kettle!
Other ways to give includes the traditional text-to-give campaigns, donors can text the word "GIVE" to 85944 to make a $10 donation to support the campaign. The donation will appear as a charge on the donor's next mobile phone bill.
The Salvation Army in different markets is making it easy for bell ringers to accept donations in their communities. This year, in addition to Square credit card readers in some markets, traditional text-to-give campaigns and the Online Red Kettle, The Salvation Army in St. Petersburg, Florida and other markets are adding a QR code to their Red Kettle signs. The QR codes are a square bar code read by smartphones that lead to an online kettle where users can make a donation. In South Pinellas County, The QR codes leads to an online kettle found at www.onlineredkettle.org/SalvationArmyTampaBay.
The Salvation Army spends 82 cents of every dollar raised to support the services and programs delivered to those in need.
The Salvation Army in St. Petersburg, Florida offers 112 beds each night for homeless men and women and six apartments for women and children. Serving three meals a day offering provide physical, emotional and spiritual nourishment to those in need. Also in St. Petersburg, offering care for abused and neglected children in a 24 bed shelter and in a five home foster care village. The Salvation Army also has Family Specialist Services whose counselors go into homes and help facilitate healthy parenting.
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