RHINELANDER - Next week most of us will thankfully sit down to a meal with family, but not everyone is as fortunate. So the Salvation Army is gearing up for their famous red kettle campaign- and they need an army of bell ringers to help their efforts reach across the community.
"The Rhinelander Salvation Army raises money to help people in our community with transportation, with housing, and with healthcare, in an emergency situation," said Kim Swisher, a volunteer coordinator with the Rhinelander Salvation Army.
$36,000 is the goal for this year in Rhinelander. The red kettles and bells will go out starting Friday. They need volunteers Monday through Saturday between 8 am and 6 pm, up until Christmas eve.
The Salvation Army makes a big difference all across the U.S., but 86% of local donations, stay local to make a difference here.
"[Right now] We have Salvation Army efforts going on the east coast- up and down the coast. But the majority, 86 cents [of each dollar], stays right here in town," said Swisher.
Volunteers can sign themselves up, online, on the Salvation Army's calendar. Click the link below to visit the Rhinelander Salvation Army website.
TOMAHAWK - Workers at Daigle Brothers in Tomahawk can build almost anything out of steel. Most of their business is creating custom parts and putting up buildings, but more recently, they've been building a new invention.
Daigle Brothers began in 1987. Back then they did a lot of construction related jobs like painting. Later they focused on steel construction.
"In the 90's we did a lot of school buildings, there was a lot of schools being built, so we supplied structural steel for these building projects... Currently our biggest markets are universities, hospitals, office buildings... we do a lot of fire stations," said Steve Daigle President of Daigle Brothers Inc.
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