By 9am on Christmas Eve, Santa’s sleigh was warmed up and on the road to deliver Christmas surprises to three unsuspecting children. Driven by elves from Two Men And A Truck and followed closely by a news crew from WISH-TV, Santa’s mission was to pay a visit to Makayla, Jacob […]
Red Kettles Catch Up, but Army is Still Short of Tree of Lights Goal
Thanks to the overwhelming response from central Indiana donors, The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle donations are closer to last year’s pace. Overall donations, however, are still 40% short of this year’s Tree of Lights goal. To date, The Salvation Army has collected only $1.76 million of its $2.93 million goal. […]
Cocoa, Capitalism and Charity On A Snow Day
It started with a retweet I saw in our feed last week – a woman asking for locations of red kettles in Fishers. Bethann Buddenbaum wanted to take her kids to drop some money in and like any mother with half her wits about her, she didn’t want to drag […]
Toy Shop Provides Toys for Thousands of Kids
The annual Salvation Army Toy Shop is in full-swing at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Over 9,500 toys have been collected and will be distributed to over 720 families. Volunteers, Salvation Army staff, and personalities from WISH-TV8 and WNDY 23 will be taking families through the Toy Shop all day today. […]