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YES--WE WOULD LIKE A RECEIPT, PLEASE?

As many of you know, The Salvation Army of New London is in the process of collecting cans/bottle deposit slips in an effort to raise $5,000 during the month of October...to help with our Salvation Army's center the world over.  We are in 126 countries around the world. 

You are well aware of several problems that exist in many underdeveloped Countries which we serve.  Hunger.  Diseases that do not exist in America anymore.  Lack of water.  Lack of educational opportunities.  Human trafficking.   Issues that are devastating to live with, yet we serve in countries where the people feel they have no choice but to live with these problems.  We are in these places to offer them opportunities that will enable these people a lives where they can get away from these problems--and become a more developed, and most importantly, a more HUMANE country to live in. 

Each Salvation Army Centers in America have a mission to raised money that will be given to Countries were The Salvation Army serves, and yet it is not easy to raise money in those Countries for the Army to accomplish its mission.  All the New London Salvation Army have to raise is $5,000.  that is it.  A small amount we believe is achievable to raise.  We are doing this by asking every one who reads this article, to bring to us, or send to us a bottle return receipt with a minimum of a $1 value on it, (or more then $1 if you would be kind enough to do so).  We believe that cans and bottles returns are done well over a thousands of times a week, and thus it would be easy to accommodate the necessary amount of receipts to reach our goal of $5,000 by October 31st,  We hope you will not mind making it easy for us to so too.

We are at 11 Governor Winthrop BLVD in New London.  If you wish to mail us a receipt, we would love to have you do that as well.  Thank you for reading this--and thank you for helping us. 

(We are taking receipts from Wal*Marts, Target, Stop And Shop. and Shoprite)

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The Salvation Army - New London, CT


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