Salvation Army Struggles

This article touches upon the recent struggles of Salvation Army. Giant stores have limited Salvation Army's privileges over other non profit organizations. Normally, Salvation Army has the entire month of December and some of November to ring the bell outside the store. This year, Giant decided to allow other organizations to get in the spotlight. Salvation Army's numbers have depleted by more than half over the last year. This, on top of the diminishing unemployment benefits, is putting families in a difficult place. Families are struggling to get jobs and survive in this economy, and unfortunately, Salvation Army is being forced to turn people away.