Unsung heroes…Salvation Army bell ringers.
Dear God, last week the family and I went to Walmart to do some grocery shopping and I noticed the lady out front ringing the Salvation Army bell. It was bitterly cold but she had a big smile on her face. She had headphones on and danced back and forth to the music in her ear as she rang the bell.
I thought to myself, “I wonder what her story is? How did she come to ring the bell for the Salvation Army?” And then I had a divine idea that I know came from you. Thank you that my 14 year old is working for MTV and was sent a Flip camera to do her job. My idea is, to go around to different stores and interview the person standing outside ringing the bell and get “their story.” But what I really need you to help me with is this, I would like to get the store that the bell ringer is standing in front of, to sponsor a $50 to $100 gift card for the bell ringer that I interview. When I’m done with the interview, I want to be able to hand the bell ringer a Christmas card with the gift card inside. This will be my way of saying thank you for sharing their story.
God I pray that this idea catches like wild fire and people all over the United States will implement the same idea. These unsung heroes stand in the bitter cold ringing a bell for hours for minimum wage. I imagine that many of them probably can’t afford to even shop in the store they are standing in front of. I bet many of them are war veterans like myself. God my heart goes out to them and I really need you to help me pull this off. I look forward to working on this project with you. Let’s have fun!






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You are such a generous person to come up with that idea. I honestly didn’t even think they got paid so I take a little comfort in the fact that they do. It’s a pretty thankless job, it seems. They get snubbed so often.
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What a great idea! Keep us updated on how God (and you!) are doing with this project/idea!
awesome idea!! wish you luck!