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Bell ringing triggers pleasant memory

Salvation Army bell ringer recalls act of kindness

While ringing the bell again this year for the Salvation Army, I recalled a particular moment that occurred last year.

Late one afternoon, a young man, around middle-school age, came by and dropped a few coins in my “kettle.”

He then gave me a hot chocolate from McDonald’s.

He didn’t ask me if I was a Republican or a Democrat, or any questions about the money.

He just handed me the cup and said, “Thanks for what you are doing.”

I don’t know the young man’s name, but I appreciate him giving me this special memory.

It sincerely touched me.

Moments like this are not soon forgotten.

Brian Barlow
Scandinavia

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