Heather Curtis
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Salvation Army National Capital Area Command’s Red Kettle Campaign came up $200,000 short of its $1.4 million goal for the 2016 Christmas season.
Spokesperson Ken Forsythe said while the amount fell short of the goal, it’s only about 5 percent off the amount raised in 2015’s campaign.
The donations go towards the non-profit’s many local programs including ones that feed the hungry, help people pay their utility bills, and get treatment for addictions.
“We don’t have anything on the horizon that says a program is going to be cut. We have weathered a kettle balance of this nature before,” Forsythe said.
With a few days left in the year, the non-profit is hoping people will make some last-minute donations to get tax credits.
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