Camas-Washougal Salvation Army launches virtual “Red Kettle” site

The Camas-Washougal Salvation Army is asking community members for virtual donations after severe weather conditions caused the nonprofit organization to cancel all of its “Red Kettle” collection efforts on Friday, Dec. 23, and Saturday, Dec. 24.

“This severely impacts the final push of our annual red kettle fundraising efforts,” the group stated on its Facebook page. “The last two days of fundraising usually bring in a generous $5,000 a day in our red kettles. … We are projecting that we will end up $5,000 short of last year’s total kettle income and $10,000 short of our kettle income goal for 2022.”