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Ring Your Virtual Bell: Patch Joins the Salvation Army’s Online Red Kettle Campaign

Mehlville-Oakville Patch is engaging in a friendly competition with fellow Patches to help the Salvation Army ring in donations for the people it serves St. Louis.

The holiday season is arguably the most giving time of year. However, it also is the busiest. Many of us give back by tossing our leftover grocery store cash and coins into our . Now until Jan. 31, there is a way to do even more—with your own personal virtual red kettle.

Several Patch sites, including this one, are proud to feature their very own Online Red Kettles. 

*Click here to donate via the Mehlville-Oakville Online Red Kettle.

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So which community will come out on top in this friendly Patch-off? 

There is no registration fee to participate and everyone who donates to an Online Red Kettle will receive a printable email for tax purposes. 

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Last year, the Salvation Army served more than 30 million people in need, provided 60 million meals for the hungry and sheltered 10 million people.

Donate with Patch or sign up for your own Online Red Kettle.


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