If you ring it, others will donate in Door County as The Salvation Army winds down its 2025 Red Kettle Campaign. According to ringer coordinator Nancy Kexel-Calabresa, about $74,000 was raised from kettles placed across the peninsula. That total is down from approximately $83,000 collected last year.

Kexel-Calabresa attributed the decline potentially to increased online shopping, fewer customers carrying cash and weather issues that limited bell ringers and shoppers alike from getting to stores. Still, she says she is thankful for all the volunteers and donors who will help make 2026 a little brighter because of their generosity during last holiday season.

Kexel-Calabresa says donations to support the 2025 campaign can still be made by mailing a check to P.O. Box 644, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. Door County followed a trend seen in other communities’ Salvation Army Red Kettle campaigns.

In Kewaunee County, $26,076.05 in donations were received, down from $28,485.10 last year. According to WLUK, The Salvation Army of Greater Green Bay exceeded its $270,000 kettle goal by more than $40,000, but it was still short of its $1.33 million Christmas campaign goal. The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign regularly raises between $100 million and $150 million nationwide each year.