Marching On

Maybe the only thing you know about the Salvation Army is that volunteers ring bells in front of storefronts during the holidays and stand next to red metal buckets to hold your donations. But the group is really “a 365, twelve-month-a-year organization,” says spokesman Roger Miller. “The money we collect in the kettles stays in the area where it’s collected. Aurora gets theirs, Broomfield gets theirs; it doesn’t go back into one pot nationally. It’s collected locally and spent locally.”

Related Content

• Working-class songs Mitt Romney should study
  February 28, 2012
• Video: With Whitney Houston, the only difference was that everyone knew her name
  February 22, 2012
• Colorado Gives Day: Money keeps coming for twelve nonprofits that won $5,000 prizes
  January 23, 2012
• Support a good cause and drink free at Steuben's and Oak at Fourteenth
  December 2, 2010
• Denver's best bartenders raise $2,000 and collect more than 450 toys for the Salvation Army
  December 17, 2010

More About

• The Salvation Army
• Roger Miller

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

Now that you know that, you should also know that this is Salvation Army Week, and today the Army is celebrating at Civic Center Park with a canteen (mobile kitchen) serving up grub from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “We’ll talk about Salvation Army programs and what we do in Denver, and bring some awareness of the Salvation Army into the off-season, as it were.”

The Civic Center event runs until 3 p.m.; other highlights of Salvation Army Week include a senior health forum on Thursday, a canned-food drive and more at the Rockies game on Friday night, and a Saturday stand-down in Aurora with veterans, plus an information session to let veterans know what benefits they qualify for. Visit www.salvationarmy.org or call 303-861-4833.
Tue., May 11, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 2010