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Article: Hard times force earliest kettle drive.(News)
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- The Boston Herald
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- November 7, 2009
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Byline: RICHARD WEIR
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on Hub streets as Salvation Army soldiers, responding to skyrocketing demands from recession-ravaged families, began ringing bells this week in the earliest recorded start of the charity's holiday fund-raising drive.
"In my 40 years as a Salvation Army officer, this is the earliest I have ever known Salvation Army kettles being out on the streets," said Major William Bode, the organization's state commander. "We have not seen a need this great."
Bode said hard economic times forced the charity to kick-start its kettle drive 10 days before its ceremonial kick-off in Downtown ...