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Posted: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:25 pm
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CLARKSVILLE (AP) — The Salvation Army has found a valuable gold coin in one of its Clarksville red kettles.
Jill Crow, the chairwoman of the charity’s advisory board, told The Leaf-Chronicle this is the third consecutive year such a coin has been anonymously donated locally.
The one-ounce, $50-dollar coin was found Wednesday by bell ringers outside a Kroger supermarket. It is valued at $1,100.
Maj. Grady Pearson said he’s been with the Salvation Army for 22 years and the donation this week is the first gold coin he’s seen.
Such coins have also shown up this week in donation kettles in Denver, Seattle and in Illinois.
Pearson said the Clarksville effort is nearly $75,000 short of its $150,000 goal with less than two weeks remaining.
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Information from: The Leaf-Chronicle, http://www.theleafchronicle.com
Published in The Messenger 12.11.09 |
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