The program, he added, will continue throughout the holiday season and end on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24.
“Our primary kettle site will be Joeten Superstore (formerly Price Costco) and our Kettle Ringers will also have food boxes beside their kettles, for those who wish to donate non-perishable food,” he said.
The Salvation Army will also be conducting its annual toy drive, an important part of which will be the Angel Tree Program, in which local stores, banks and other establishments are invited to set up and decorate Christmas trees, he said.
Customers are then asked to donate Christmas gifts for the less fortunate.
“Bank of Hawaii will be an Angel Tree sponsor this year and we invite interested groups to contact us to also become Angel Tree sponsors,” Gillespie said.
He said they invite churches, schools and interested groups to contact them for information on how to conduct food and toy drives.
The Salvation Army is always in need of food donations, in order to supply its food assistance programs especially during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
For more information, call Wayne Gillespie at 483-0885.
