Salvation Army needs 600 more volunteers for next week’s gift distribution event

The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle fund-raiser pays for holiday assistance programs, as well as those offered year-round. (Photo courtesy Salvation Army)The Salvation Army is desperately short on volunteers for its annual Christmas gift and food distribution event, Neighborhood Gift. Normally about 800 volunteers are needed and at the moment the organization is about 600 people short.
Major Edward Markham, divisional secretary for the Salvation Army Alaska Division, said the people within the