A $1,200 gold bar was donated to the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign The News Dispatch out of Michigan City, Ind. reported Tuesday.
"I've never seen anything like it before," Corinne Charleston, a corps sergeant major with the Salvation Army told The News Dispatch out of Michigan City, Ind.. "It's always been a Christmas tradition so to be a part of it is really cool. I've never seen anything like it before. It's always been a Christmas tradition so to be a part of it is really cool."
Brutto took the gold bar to a pawn shop to find out its value. He will in return get $1,010 for a higher price when it sells again The News Dispatch reported.
The bar has an ounce of gold, and is believed to have been put in the kettle around a one dollar bill by an unknown person according to Brutto The News Dispatch reported.
The Salvation Army's campaign in Arlington Heights, Ill. was given a coin worth $750 last week according to The Daily Herald.
Offerings have decreased 13 percent to $79,000 from the last year. This can be because of weather, and Thanksgiving Day The Daily Ardmoreite reported. Volunteers have also been absent at regular locations when the weather is bad.
Eighty-seven cents of each dollar donated is used to assist those who need help via toy drives, food drives. The Salvation Army also does so through many different ways according to the campaign's Volunteer First website.
The campaign allows the Salvation Army to give food, toys, and clothing to more than six million people throughout the Christmas holiday. The initiative also helps over thirty-four million people affected by any catastrophe the Volunteer First Website said.
The campaign began in 1891 in San Francisco, and has been known to be the organization's most important fundraiser according to the website.
