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Sounds of the season: Volunteers kick off Salvation Army Kettle Campaign BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
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The sound of a ringing bell and the sight of a red kettle are familiar signs that the holiday season has arrived. Each year, Salvation Army volunteers take to street corners and storefronts to collect donations that support local families in need. “This is something we tend to do every November and December. It’s a great way for us to be out in the community, to be visible. The red kettle is super iconic, because it’s been around for so long,” said Sophie Crowell, divisional volunteer relations director (Northern Division) for the Salvation Army. She noted
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Starting this month, Corrie’s House will open its doors to up to six youth, ages 12-17, who are at risk of or have experienced sexual exploitation. Corrie’s House is the first Department of Human Services (DHS) licensed shelter and group residential program in the Twin Cities, and likely the only one in the state to offer crisis and long-term care for both genders. Efforts to establish Corrie's House began in 2017. “We have been working for almost eight years to get to this point. It's very complex to open a home, especially for minors. There are hundreds of pages of policies and procedures that have to be submitted and approved by the DHS, and for good reason,” explained Executive Director Renée Boehme. For the past several years, the Corrie’s House staff conducted countless hours of research not only to understand the issue of sex trafficking but to also look at what services exist around the state and what gaps they could help fill. “What we learned was there’s very little that existed compared to the need. The need is so high for youth who are in this situation,” Boehme explained. “They have complex trauma from it. It really requires specialized care to understand how to meet them where they are and help them back on the road to recovery emotionally, mentally, as well as to address the barriers that they may have been facing that make it really hard to exit.” According to the Minnesota Attorney SEE CORRIE’S HOUSE, PAGE 7
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Charles Jensen (left) and Tom O’Brien, of Shoreview, ring at various locations during the Red Kettle Campaign.
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Santa will be coming to Shoreview on Monday, Dec. 8. The Santa Cruise will take place from 6-8 p.m. Residents will be able to see Santa riding on a Lake Johanna Fire Department fire truck as he visits multiple neighborhoods in the city. Food and toy donations will be accepted along the route. See page 2 for the route map.
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that the red kettle is unique to North America, although the Salvation Army is worldwide. The campaign started in San Francisco in 1891 when Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee collected coins in a soup kettle to fund a Christmas dinner for the area’s poor. This year, the Red Kettle Campaign will last through Christmas Day. There are 260 locations across the north metro that are participating in this year’s campaign. Funds raised during the campaign stay in the local community. Crowell said donations from the campaign goes “under the umbrella of food,
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