‘Little disappointing’: Salvation Army kettles no longer welcome near BC Liquor Stores
Global News
After many decades, the iconic Salvation Army Kettle campaign will not be in front of BC Liquor Stores.
After nearly 30 years, the Salvation Army Kettles will no longer be in front of BC Liquor Stores.
The decision came as a surprise to the Kelowna Salvation Army, as there are almost 150 shifts scheduled of bell ringers to go to the Lakeshore Road liquor store location.
“It’s a little disappointing that we’re not able to be there anymore because they were a good source of revenue for us. But we are looking forward to finding some new locations that will do well,” said Kelowna Salvation Army Major Mark Wagner.
“It happened to us a little unexpectedly, we weren’t at the table for those discussions. We found out about it even after our kettle program started.”
The BC Liquor Distribution Branch, which operates BC Liquor Stores, said with two in-store campaigns already running during the holiday season, they did not want to overwhelm customers with another fundraising activity.
“BCL is running an in-store fundraising campaign in support of Food Banks BC throughout the holiday period, from November 12 to December 31,” said the BC Liquor Distribution Branch in a statement.
“BCL’s Share-a-Bear program, which runs every holiday season, is also currently underway. As part of this program, BCL customers are asked at the till if they would like to purchase one bear to take home while its twin is donated by the store to a shelter, hospital, or other worthwhile charity in their community.”
BC Liquor, the statement added, was already fully committed to these campaigns by the time The Salvation Army applied to use their stores for collections.
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