The spirit of giving is being summoned in Arizona as the Salvation Army faces significant shortfalls in their Red Kettle Campaigns across the state. With a statewide goal set at $2.3 million, the Salvation Army Southwest Division looks to the public to help surmount a $775,000 gap before their campaign concludes on December 24. “The people of Arizona are very generous,” Scott Johnson, the division’s public relations director, expressed his positivity in an interview with FOX 10 Phoenix.
Contributing to this effort is Carl Shelton, a retiree who, for the last four years, has volunteered as a bell ringer outside a Fry’s Food Store in Surprise, Arizona. A Santa Claus in full regalia, Shelton sits in a wheelchair bedecked with Christmas lights and plays festive music, creating an atmosphere of yuletide cheer as he collects donations. “It makes you warm knowing that this is all going to help somebody that’s in need,” Shelton told FOX 10 Phoenix, regarding the impact of the generosity he witnesses…