Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Ring the Bell for the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign

On Saturday December 7th, members of Camp 1524 manned the Salvation Army red kettle at Winn Dixie in downtown Prattville, ringing the bell and offering "Merry Christmas" greetings to attract patrons to donate to the annual giving campaign.  Compatriots who helped ring the bell this Saturday included Adjutant Wayne Sutherland, Louis Turner, Bill Branch and Dale Boyles in the morning and Tyrone Crowley, Don Drasheff, Quartermaster Bill Myrick, Commander Stuart Waldo, Color Sgt John Dennis, and 2nd Lt Karl Wade (who coordinated the camp's effort with the Salvation Army office) filling in the afternoon slots.  Over $870 was collected in the kettle manned by the Dragoons on this Saturday greatly exceeding the $350-400 daily average for kettles around the Montgomery AL River Region.  This is a great community service project the camp has embraced over the past few years and supports a very worthy cause, the great work by the Salvation Army and their annual Christmas-time red kettle fundraising efforts.