GREENSBURG, Pa. — A donor who wishes to remain anonymous dropped a $10,000 check into a Salvation Army kettle in Greensburg.
Vanessa Fullwood, the co-commander of the Greensburg Salvation Army, told
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she found the check Thursday while emptying kettles from the day before.
Everett Fullwood, Vanessa's husband and co-commander, says the check was donated outside the Westmoreland Mall.
“At first I thought it was $10, and then I realized, wait a minute, there's more zeros,” Vanessa Fullwood told
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The Fullwoods welcome the donation because this year's fundraising campaign has been struggling to meet the local chapter's $90,000 goal. Earlier this week, the organization had raised $59,000 of its $90,000 goal. That was $17,000 behind where it was at this time last year.
“I was ecstatic. Because I had been praying that the Lord would open up the windows and rain down on the Greensburg corps,” Earnest Fullwood said.
The money helps provide rent and utility assistance for needy families, and to staff the local chapter's office with five full-time workers and one part-time worker.