Read more Salvation Army stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17420/salvation-army.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:22:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74659/salvation-army-takes-plastic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Salvation Army's red kettles that collect holiday donations—a symbol for over 100 years—are getting an update. Numerous sites across the country will take credit cards this year as part of a pilot program dubbed "cashless kettles." Earlier tests suggest that the program has promise: in Dallas-Fort Worth...http://www.newser.com/story/74659/salvation-army-takes-plastic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 17:55:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62925/worlds-most-legendary-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven the most enjoyable vacation can leave you in need of a drink, and bars make great, offbeat places to learn about the history of your destination. The staff of VirtualTourist.com shares its favorite legendary watering holes with Reuters: Harry’s Bar, Venice: Famed Hemingway haunt claims to have invented...http://www.newser.com/story/62925/worlds-most-legendary-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 1:46:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61858/posh-salvation-army-centers-sputter-in-downturn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA multi-billion-dollar plan to install upscale Salvation Army community centers in US cities has hit the recession skids, the New York Times reports. Joan B. Kroc, widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, left $1.8 billion for the Army to build some 30 complexes featuring pools and ice rinks. Now...http://www.newser.com/story/61858/posh-salvation-army-centers-sputter-in-downturn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 15:53:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51370/cutbacks-hit-faith-based-charities-as-need-rises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession has hit faith-based charities hard, threatening to cut off vital services for the sick, poor, and elderly, the Washington Post reports. With state and local budgets strapped for cash, contracts and grants for the groups—including the Salvation Army and Catholic Charities—have been slashed or delayed across...http://www.newser.com/story/51370/cutbacks-hit-faith-based-charities-as-need-rises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Feb 2009 14:55:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45715/economy-spells-weary-christmas-for-toy-charities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAcross the country, charities that dole out gifts to underprivileged kids have seen donations fall off steeply compared to last holiday season, USA Today reports. Some are reporting as much as a 30% decline in giving as the economy flags. “Families that would normally have been helping us by donating...http://www.newser.com/story/45715/economy-spells-weary-christmas-for-toy-charities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Dec 2008 15:04:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45174/is-your-castoff-their-cross.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen you gave away last year's clothes, you probably didn't think that poor nations would pay big bucks for them. Yet castoffs are a $1 billion business, the Spectator reports, and may be threatening African cotton growers by flooding their nascent markets. Oxfam argues that its castoffs create jobs—washers,...http://www.newser.com/story/45174/is-your-castoff-their-cross.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Dec 2008 20:20:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12261/lead-toys-get-charities-grinchy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRampant toy recalls are putting a real cramp in the holiday spirit at many charities, MSNBC reports. Toy drives must devote so much manpower to checking donations against lists of lead-contaminated recalls that many have stopped the Santa act entirely. “You don’t know what you’re getting, you really don’t,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/12261/lead-toys-get-charities-grinchy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Nov 2007 14:04:46 CST