Salvation Army expects $1.4M from appeal

Press, 10 March 1982, Page 3

Salvation Army expects $1.4M from appeal

PA Wellington The Salvation Army’s annual Red Shield appeal house collection on Monday produced an initial total of $619,399. Thjs. represents a moderate increase on the 1981 total and, with postal donations, the total’ should reach $900,000. A further $500,000 is expected in the business section of the appeal, which will give the Salvation Army a total of $1,400,000 for the financial year. The Salvation Army’s public relations secretary, Major Rodney Knight, said this result was particularly pleasing in view of the difficulty other charities seemed to be having in meeting their targets. The income from the Red Shield appeal will be allocated to various social services in the Salvation Army’s programme of care for those in need. In Christchurch, the initial total for the appeal was almost $46,000. Captain David Bringans, a local spokesman for the Salvation Army, said the figure was more than 17 per cent higher than last year’s total. “We are very happy with the total at this stage, and very grateful to the generosity of the public,” he said. The Salvation Army raised almost $56,000 through all its fund-raising in Christchurch last year,, and it is hoped this year’s total will reach $70,000. Because of a shortage of collectors, some areas were not canvassed on Monday and were to be covered last evening. The money left at chemists’ shops and Bank of New Zealand branches had also still to be collected, Captain Bringans said.