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The Salvation Army is facing a shortage of toys and donations ahead of the holiday season, and urge communities to find a way to help.
The nonprofit reports it gets 75% of total annual donations during November and December, and they are once again in need of support. That help can come in the form of an online donation at the virtual
Northwest Red Kettle.
"There are many reasons why both financial and toy donations are down this year, not the least of which is likely pandemic fatigue and concerns about employment and the future," said Colonel Cindy Foley of the NW Salvation Army Division. "We are actually trying to provide food, shelter, toys and clothing to double the number of families we served last Christmas, and in the midst of the growing need we are seeing fewer people donating at our virtual and physical kettles."
Not only is the nonprofit organization short on donations, they also are in desperate need of
bell ringers to staff the red kettles seen at businesses around the country.
"The situation is dire, and we are asking our generous supporters in the region to donate to the virtual
Northwest Red Kettle as well as make donations at every physical kettle in whatever way you can," said Foley.
Comment: The article carefully omits one of the main reasons Salvation Army holiday donations may be down. Surely part of it is the fact that more people are struggling financially as 'Bidenflation' takes hold. But the wokesters who have wormed their way in to even such a venerable institution as the Salvation Army have managed to gravely insult their largest donor base: conservatives.
From the
Gateway Pundit:
The Salvation Army is asking for more than donations this year. The Christian charitable organization is asking all white donors to reflect on their racism this year.
Wow.
Central Nova News reported:
The Salvation Army wants its white donors to give it more than just money this Christmas season. Its leadership is also demanding they apologize for being racist.
It's part of a push by the Christian charitable organization to embrace the ideas of Black Lives Matter, an activist group working to, among other things, "dismantle white privilege" and "disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure."
The Salvation Army's Alexandria-based leadership has created an "International Social Justice Commission" which has developed and released a "resource" to educate its white donors, volunteers and employees called Let's Talk about Racism. It asserts Christianity is institutionally racist, calling for white Christians to repent and offer "a sincere apology" to blacks for being "antagonistic.. to black people or the culture, values and interests of the black community."
In an accompanying Study Guide on Racism,Salvation Army authors explain that all whites are racist, even if they don't realize it.
The
backlash was not long in coming:
On Thanksgiving the Salvation Army released a statement refuting the claims of their racial demands.
And now it appears the Salvation Army has removed its absurd "Let's Talk About Racism" guide following intense backlash over a text last week that told white donors to "sincerely apologize" for their racism while asserting that Christianity is institutionally racist.
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As a result of the guide becoming public, donors and supporters across the country have been rescinding their support of the organization en masse, which prompted the Salvation Army to discontinue the guide pending "appropriate review." But despite removing the documents - for now - nothing in their statement indicates that they are going to back down from pushing woke ideology upon donors.
In fact, it's quite the contrary. the charity now attempts to shift the blame by claiming that nefarious individuals are making "false claims" and misrepresenting the content to suit their own agenda, while simultaneously reaffirming the Salvation Army's support for woke ideology.
Completely shameless.
Comment: The article carefully omits one of the main reasons Salvation Army holiday donations may be down. Surely part of it is the fact that more people are struggling financially as 'Bidenflation' takes hold. But the wokesters who have wormed their way in to even such a venerable institution as the Salvation Army have managed to gravely insult their largest donor base: conservatives.
From the Gateway Pundit: The backlash was not long in coming: