Salvation Army follow-up

A few posts down, Merry Christmas from Wal-Mart, I blogged about the worthiness of the Salvation Army. From northern Wisconsin comes this story about the growing need of the charitable organization.

From WBAY-TV Green Bay:

There's been a sight the last two days outside the former Big Lots store on Appleton's east side that a lot of people didn't believe could exist in our area: Long lines of hundreds of needy people.

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The Salvation Army says its registrations for help are 20 percent ahead of last year. Tamayo said, "We're starting to see families coming. Not just individuals but families with children coming."

They say most of that increase is from factory closings in the Fox Valley in the last year.

The Salvation Army says many more families are right on the cusp of needing help. "We find out that we're really all just a paycheck away from being there ourselves," said Tamayo.

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