 Well, with less than a week to go, the Salvation Army bell ringers have seen a successful year for holiday giving in the Brainerd Lakes area. Nationally, the money collected in the Salvation Army Kettles is down this year, but for the Brainerd Lakes area, that is not the case. The local core has set a goal of $190,000 in their over half way to reaching their goal, ahead of their progress in years past at this time. If you see a kettle and a kettle stand in Brainerd, Niswa, Pequot Lakes, or Baxter, that's where our main kettle locations are. In any of those, they come to this core, and then this core supports these two counties. So the kettle money stays in the location where it's put in at. The Brainerd Lakes Salvation Army provides many different services to residents of Crow Wing and Cass counties. They have a food shelf, a thrift store, and they offer rent and utilities assistance, provides church services and more. We can connect people with getting transportation. Some people have things in the cities that they need to go to. So we can sometimes help with that. Sometimes we will send someone to the cities to get away from the lifestyle they're in here. So we have options for that as well. We have different, there is, I don't remember where it is now, but there's shelters, Salvation Army has shelters. This core supports one of the shelters. This Saturday Fleet Farm in Brainerd is doing a day of carrying where they will match every dollar put into the kettle at their store up to $20,000. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.