The Salvation Army has kicked off this year’s Christmas Kettle campaign.

In a very short while you’ll soon hear the sounds of ringing bells and change, coming from street corners across the city.

The Christmas Kettle campaign has been helping Canadians in need for over a hundred years and helps Calgarians access services like employment assistance, counseling and food programs.

The Salvation Army’s, Pam Goodyear, tells 660news people need to dig deep this year to help accommodate the growing number of those in need.

They hope to raise over $1.2 million this year, a goal they were unable to meet last year.

In an effort to ramp up donations, they have added more kettles around the city, 79 in total, and two of those will be at CrossIron Mills Mall.

Source: 680News