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Let the Bellringing Begin!

: The Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders helped The Salvation Army Kickoff its annual Celebrity Bellringing event.

The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle drive starts today with the annual Celebrity Bellringing event on Monument Circle. Local celebrities, team mascots, and a few surprises will be in front of the Emmis Communications building all day today.

Supporters are encouraged to stop buy and make their donation to The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle. The event runs until 7 pm.

Helping to get things started today were the Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders, IUPUI jaguar mascot Jinx, Butler bulldog mascot Hink, on-air personalities from WISH-TV8 and the morning show crew from WIBC.

From WISH-TV8 came Angela Buchman, Eric Halvorson and Debbie Knox to ring bells for the event, who have been participants for years now.

For Knox this has been an opportunity to see people giving first hand and to thank them for their generosity.

“You see people really giving and the community coming out,” Knox says.

Celebrity Bellringing is part of The Salvation Army Tree of Lights Campaign. This year, the Army hopes to raise $3 million between now and January 31. This is just one event happening in hopes of raising the $3 million. The next major event is Radiothon, a three day fundraiser in partnership with WIBC starting December 11.

You can make your donation online at IndyKettle.org.

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Delivering Hope

The fourth grade students from White Lick Elementary deliver their gifts to the shelter for women and children.

The fourth grade students from White Lick Elementary delivered their gifts to the shelter for women and children.

You can probably think of a lot of words to describe fourth graders, but for a fourth grade class from White Lick Elementary in Brownsburg IN, “hope” is the word that fits the best.

A few months ago, these students started learning about some of the issues facing their community and how they could help. They were surprised that homelessness was a major problem in Indianapolis and shocked to hear that there were kids their own age who where homeless. “They instantly wanted to help,” said their teacher, Emily Steffen. Read the story »

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The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.