LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The bells have been ringing and toys have been collected as the Salvation Army prepares for their Christmas Assistance distribution.
The Lima Rotary Foundation donated $5,000 to the Lima Salvation Army. The money will be used where funding is needed. The Salvation Army provides programs all year long and this donation will help with a variety of needs.
"It will go towards toys, it will go towards food, it will go to clothing, it will go to heating, it will go to all kinds of utilities for all kinds of people in many different ways. So it isn't like it's based on one thing it's based on many things. It's divided in many different ways. Where ever the need is needed that's where the money will go," commented Captain Philip Bender, Lima Salvation Army.
Christmas Assistance distribution begins this Wednesday. The red kettles will be out with bells ringing through Christmas Eve.
