ABSTRACT
At the beginning of the annual Christmas season in the United States and many other Western countries, red kettles appear at shopping areas, sporting venues and other places where people gather. To most, these kettles are the face of The Salvation Army [TSA] and provide their initial introduction to some charitable work as their cash donations will provide gifts and meals to families (Zavada 2015). To others, they view TSA as a place to donate old clothing and furniture for resale in the thrift stores operated by the adult rehabilitation centres (Hazzard 1998). What the majority of these people do not realise is that these are simply two popular and ubiquitous services of a world-wide religious and charitable movement that has been underway for 150 years.
