Pope County Salvation Army says ‘thank you’

From Donna Ortendahl,

Central MN Salvation Army Field Representative

The Salvation Army in Pope County would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who impacted our 2023 Red Kettle Campaign. Local businesses, local churches and individuals that gave to our kettle. The Pope County Salvation Army will be there to help with housing, utility assistance, gas, groceries and so much more.

We would like to thank all the individuals who came to ring bells for the kettle this year. We thank those who contributed to the kettle or sent in donations to our county. We want to thank the Villard Fire Fighters & the Glenwood Fire Fighters that came to ring the bells for us. Thank you to Wes Torguson for his continued support to the red kettle campaign and his many hours he gave to standing at our kettle in Starbuck. We want to say a big thank you to Tom’s Market in Glenwood and Starbuck for their generosity in letting us ring at their stores. We thank Tom and Cindy Buysse at Tom’s Market for their donation of $500.00 to our red kettle.

Thank you to Tim Douglass at the Pope County Tribune for putting our pictures and our kettle announcement into the paper. Thank you to Steve Nestor at Magic 107.1 for putting our request for bell ringers into their daily announcements. Thank you to the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce for putting our announcement for bell ringers out there on their page. They all helped us spread the word that we needed the community’s assistance with our campaign this year.  Thank you to the high school for putting our announcement for bell ringers into their Daily Announcements.

Thank you to Marthaler’s Chevrolet for their $1,000 donation, FAST Global Solutions for their $500.00 donation.  Thank you to Jill Volkmann for her kettle match of $2,413.43, thank you to Cyrus Community Bank for their kettle match of $250.00.  Thank you to the local businesses that gave us a donation or let us put out our counter kettles at their businesses. We want to send out a big thank you to our whole community for their generous donations to our red kettle campaign this year.  Whether you donated at our kettle or sent us a donation, or you came to ring the bell at the kettle, these funds go to help those in a crisis in our community. We raised $17,398.61 this year due to our community’s commitment to helping those in need. We can step in to bless the lives of those in Pope County that need a helping hand in an emergency. I want to say thank you to Becky Schlangen and Shannon Bodeker for helping me with the red kettle campaign this year. Pope County’s generosity and compassion aids us in the ability to assist families in Pope County. Thank you for being partners in mission and for supporting the vital work of The Salvation Army. May God bless you all!

–Donna Ortendahl