THE Salvation Army have experienced a ten percent decrease in donations this Christmas season. Divisional Commander Major Clarence Ingram explained to The Tribune this week that the decrease in the charity’s Christmas kettle campaign was due to “so much demand for the donation dollar” after Hurricane Dorian. “People have been giving and giving and giving since the 1st of September,” Mr Ingram said. “You know it’s a challenge. There’s only so much to give that people can give, right? So I think at this particular time you know people are very much stretched financially and they’re doing the best they can.” Money collected from the campaign provides funding for programmes and events throughout the year which includes providing food for families and individuals and toiletries for the elderly and institutionalised. Mr Ingram said the charity is doing “10 times as much” compared to last year. Since Hurricane Dorian made landfall, the Salvation Army has received locally and internationally 2,000 pallets of materials worth an estimated $6 million. The supplies were distributed to the Family Islands and to evacuees in Nassau and now the organisation is completely out of those donated goods.

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