Giant gives to Salvation Army after clash
Giant Food stores have made a $75,000 donation to the Salvation Army of the national capital region after the grocery chain cut the amount of time bell ringers could seek donations for the charity's holiday Red Kettle campaign.
After the change, the Salvation Army came up more than $400,000 short of its fundraising goal for the 2010 campaign.
In a statement to WTOP Radio this week, Giant Food acknowledged its new guidelines for charities had an “unintended negative impact” on the Salvation Army. Giant says it will work with the charity to better prepare for the 2011 Red Kettle Campaign.
The Salvation Army says it looks forward to working with Giant on other fundraising this year as well.
By
The Associated Press
| February 19, 2011; 10:54 AM ET
Save & Share:
Previous: Man struck by freight train in Northeast
Next: Wind-driven fire destroys Md. home
Fabulous News!! I just printed Coupons for free. You can print coupons before you shop at "Printapons" search online.
Posted by: lorijwilson | February 20, 2011 2:21 AM | Report abuse
We encourage users to analyze, comment on and even challenge washingtonpost.com's articles, blogs, reviews and multimedia features.
User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions.