Plastic Kettles

Plastic Kettles
Salvation Army kettles equipped to take donations by credit and debit card.

“There could be less jingle in the Salvation’s Army’s hallmark red kettles this season,” Kristen Wyatt reported for the Associated Press:

The charity is testing kettles that take debit and credit cards.
The growth of so-called “plastic kettles” comes as fewer shoppers carry cash. Bell ringers who stand outside stores during the holiday season say that more and more shoppers are shaking their heads and smiling as they pass by, apologizing for not having spare change or cash to drop in the red kettles.
According to Wyatt, the kettles look the same; but a wireless card reader alongside means that donors are able to donate by card, dropping a printed receipt of their donation into the kettle instead of money. They are being used in 30 cities across the States. However:
The charity says that the old-fashioned kettles aren’t going anywhere, because shoppers and especially children enjoy dropping coins as they shop for the holidays. Even Salvation Army groups that are using the card machines say they’re a small part of the overall fundraising effort.


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