The Salvation Army announced one of their bell ringers in Lake County received the organization’s first gold coin of the season worth $1,200 Thursday evening. The donated gold coin was discovered in a Salvation Army Red Kettle in Libertyville. The coin is a South African 1/2 Krugerrand. It was dropped inside a kettle outside the […]
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Salvation Army surprises police officers, firefighters, dispatchers in McHenry County on National Donut Day
The Salvation Army surprised police departments, fire departments and 911 dispatch centers in McHenry County with 1,200 donuts on National Donut Day to thank them for their service. The Salvation Army of McHenry County made stops in Algonquin, Cary, Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove, Harvard, Huntley, Marengo, McHenry and Woodstock on Friday. The outreach was […]
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Salvation Army receives four gold coins worth nearly $3K in McHenry County
The Salvation Army announced they received four gold coins worth nearly $3,000 in different kettles on Friday in McHenry County. The four coins, worth almost $3,000 in total, will make a “significant impact in a year of unprecedented need,” a spokesperson for the Salvation Army said. The coins were discovered by bell ringers in Huntley […]