The Salvation Army Michigan City Corps and Community Center

There are only 15 bell ringing days left this year!

We've had SO MANY local families, businesses, and organizations come out to ring a bell for The Salvation Army this season. THANK YOU to all of you!

If you haven't signed up yet, now is your chance to head over to www.RegisterToRing.com to volunteer and help those in need this Christmas and throughout the year.

THANK YOU, MICHIGAN CITY!

The Salvation Army had a great time at the Festival of Lights over the weekend. We collected donations at the entrance to Washington Park during the annual lighting of our City's beautiful Christmas lights display. Thanks to your generosity, we raised about $1,400 in our Red Kettles!

Special thanks to all of our sponsors who matched the first $100 raised.

We are needing some help filling our kettle location at Al's on Franklin. This is now located inside so it is very comfortable and you can sit down! Wedensday, December 6 from 12:30 PM - 7:00 PM and Thursday, December 7 from 10 AM - 2 PM. If you could help cover just two hours for us, it would be extremely helpful. Go to registertoring.com or call our office to talk to Jessica. 219-874-6885. Thanks so much!

THANK YOU to our friends at Horizon Bank for sponsoring our 2023 Christmas Campaign at the level, and for doing several hours of volunteer bell ringing. We appreciate your support in serving those in need during the holidays and throughout the year.

Online Christmas shopping has never been easier! Just click the link below to visit our online toy registry on Walmart.com. Find the perfect gift for a child in need in our community and Walmart will ship it directly to us at The Salvation Army. The registry closes on December 18, so get your shopping done today!

https://www.walmart.com/registry/RR/0def9fe2-1b88-4a09-87dd-150b08fb2cc7

Today is our last IN PERSON registration day for Christmas assistance.

If you need help with food and toys this holiday season, stop by The Salvation Army (1201 S. Franklin Street) TODAY between 2pm and 6pm to sign up. You will need to bring a photo ID, proof of residency, and proof of date of birth for all children under 14 (birth certificate, shot records, etc.)

You can also sign up online until December 10 at www.SAangeltree.org

Angel Tree Every child deserves to experience the joy of Christmas morning. The Salvation Army Angel Tree program helps provide Christmas gifts for hundreds of thousands of children around the country each year. Once a child or senior adult has been registered and accepted as an Angel their Christmas wish list...

Stuff A Sleigh Food Drive was a great success! Thank you to everyone who purchased a bag of food to help restock our pantry shelves for Christmas.

Special THANK YOU to Al's Supermarkets, Williams Dedicated, WEFM 95.9, and cadets from Michigan City High School JROTC for ALL of your help for this event.

www.RegisterToRing.com

Tiny kettles, big impact!

Spot our small and mighty counter kettles at participating businesses throughout the community. Your generosity can make a huge difference! Here’s where you can find them in Michigan City:

Virks BP Gas Station
Schoop's Hamburgers
Sophia's House of Pancakes
Culver's
Sugar Bowl Restaurant
El Bracero
South Bend Chocolate Cafe
Franklin Street Family Restaurant
Memo's House of Pancakes
Biggby Coffee
Member's Advantage Credit Union
First Trust Credit Union
Fraternal Order of Police
Patrick’s

We’re at Al's Supermarkets with Williams Dedicated until 2pm for the Stuff A Sleigh Food Drive! Stop by and purchase a bag of food to support our food pantry this holiday season!

THANK YOU to our friends at GAF - Roofing for sponsoring our 2023 Christmas Campaign at the level. We appreciate your support in serving those in need during the holidays and throughout the year.

One City, One Pack!
Mark your calendar to support the Wolves next Thursday at this wonderful event, and don’t forget to bring a canned food donation!

Mark your calendars! One City One Sound is on Thursday, December 7th!

This special event will feature musicians from all Michigan City Area Schools in the MCHS Gym starting at 7:00 p.m.

This event is FREE, but please consider bringing a canned good or donation for the Salvation Army of Michigan City.

For more information about the event and parking instructions, visit: https://fb.me/e/2ZYcQzWQm

Over the weekend we had TWO local companies offer to match our Red Kettles up to $600 each!

THANK YOU to our friends at Hess Irrigation and Von Tobel for matching these funds and contributing to our Christmas Campaign! We appreciate all you do to help those in need in our community.

There's still time for other local companies to match funds raised in our kettles, or sign up for bell ringing. Contact us at (219) 874-6885 ext. 1003 to be part of this campaign and help us .

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Over the next few weeks our Clothing Closet will be transforming into a Toy Shop, so we are currently unable to take donations of clothing, shoes, bedding, and household items.
Please hold on to donations until January when we are able to re-open our FREE Clothing Closet.
Thank you!

We’re so blessed by the response to Giving Tuesday, but we still need your help. So many people in our community need your giving spirit to help them move forward. If you have not contributed yet, there is still time, but the time is NOW. Make this Giving Tuesday a success here: www.samichigancity.org

THANK YOU to Horizon Bank for volunteering at The Salvation Army for Horizon Cares Day! This hardworking group helped us get ready for this year’s Toy Shop!

THANK YOU to the team at Williams Dedicated for getting us ready for the Stuff A Sleigh Food Drive! Stop by Al's Supermarkets this Saturday and help fill our pantry shelves for Christmas!

THANK YOU to our friends at B & E Marine for sponsoring our 2023 Christmas Campaign at the level. We appreciate your support in serving those in need during the holidays and throughout the year.

Giving Tuesday is NOW! When you give to The Salvation Army today, your dollars stay right here in Michigan City. You're helping our residents receive Christmas aid and support beyond the holiday season. Join in the wonderful spirit of giving and make this Giving Tuesday our most impactful yet!

Give here: https://donate.salvationarmyindiana.org/give/537067/ #!/donation/checkout?c_src=facebook&c_src=MichiganCity

FRIENDS! As of today, The Salvation Army of Michigan City has reached 43 percent of our Christmas Campaign goal!

Want to help us reach 100% and help serve your Michigan City neighbors this holiday season?

You can:
>sign up to ring a bell at www.RegisterToRing.com
>donate a toy!
>make a donation at www.SAmichigancity.org

THANK YOU to employees at Weil-Mclain and Steelworkers Union 316B for collecting non-perishable food and 16 frozen turkeys for our food pantry, as well as a generous monetary donation.

Are you looking for a place of worship where family and friends feel welcomed at? Are you looking for a place of worship that on many given Sunday would be worshiping with working people, the homeless, the addict, a young family with young children and a senior? The Salvation Army offers a time of worship each Sunday

10:00 am youth Sunday school
10:30 am adult Sunday school
11:00 am worship.

Need a ride, call 219-874-6885 ex 1006.

More BIG NEWS!!!! Hess Irrigation is matching our kettle at Al's Supermarkets on Karwick today up to$500. Make sure to stop by both Al’s in Michigan City and help us meet our match goals! Both locations also have Tap to Give so tap credit cards will work also.

Thank you to the Michigan City Exchange club for their gift of 100 Turkeys. These will help us during the Christmas season. Thank you for your support not only during Christmas but throughout the year

Thank you so much to the wonderful volunteers who were the driving force behind serving 470 meals today to our friends and neighbors in Michigan City today. A special thanks to The Rotary Club of Michigan City, IN for providing the hams and turkeys and Tannehill Community Soup Kitchen for preparing all the side dishes. We are truly blessed.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Salvation Army of Michigan City! We are so grateful for your continued support and trust in doing the most good in our community.

Late today we received a donation of flour and lettuce. We have checked with many other organizations in town and they are not able to use if. We have taken all we can. If you would like some for free, please come get some. It is by our pantry door in the alley. Happy Thanksgiving!

Make sure to set you alarm tomorrow so you don't take a nap during the Dallas Cowboys Halftime Show and watch Dolly help us celebrate the holidy season with us.

Convenience in this busy Thanksgiving and Christmas season is a must! Virtual Red Kettles make it easy to donate to your local Salvation Army.

You can either join a team or donate individually by visiting:

Michigan City Virtual Red Kettle 2023 I’m supporting The Salvation Army this year by giving to their Virtual Red Kettle. The goal is to raise $10,000 by the end of the year to support year-round programming here in Michigan City. Check out the great peer-to-peer campaign here: donate.salvationarmyindiana.org/MichiganCityVRK2023

THANK YOU to our friends at Wilson Chemical Solutions for sponsoring our 2023 Christmas Campaign at the level. We appreciate your support in serving those in need during the holidays and throughout the year.

The Red Kettles are out, and the bells are ringing, but we need your assistance! Every year, these Red Kettles appear across Indiana, including right here in Michigan City. When a bell ringer volunteers for only 2 hours, they make it possible for a family of four to have enough food for an entire week. Join us in ensuring that families have enough to eat this holiday season by becoming a bell ringer.

Sign up today at www.RegisterToRing.com.

When you volunteer to ring a bell, you are not just raising money for The Salvation Army, you are helping your neighbor receive peace in their time of need. Please sign up to ring today at www.RegistertoRing.com!

RED KETTLE UPDATE

We are officially 1/3 of the way to meeting our Christmas Campaign goal! THANK YOU to everyone who has already supported The Salvation Army this season.

The funds raised at Christmas will help us serve more than 600 local families this holiday season AND continue to provide basic needs and case management services throughout the year.

Remember, there's still time to be a volunteer bell ringer. Sign up online at www.RegisterToRing.com or give us a call at (219) 874-6885 ext. 1003.