The Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Salvation Army bend in Wisconsin might not have perceived frankincense or myrrh, though a bell ringers found a present of gold.
The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports (http://gbpg.net/tlQjO4 ) that an unknown donor forsaken a bullion silver in a red kettle this week. The one-ounce American Eagle silver is value $1,600.
Capt. Ken Shiels of The Salvation Army of Brown County pronounced he had to check it over during initial to know it was real. He says it was a disturb to find out it was, and even some-more so to learn how most it’s worth.
He says he’d like to consider a present reflects a donor’s certainty in a work a Salvation Army does. The classification is about two-thirds of a approach to a winter fundraising idea of $1.15 million.
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Information from: Green Bay Press-Gazette, http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com
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December 24, 2011 05:11 PM EST
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