Veteran puts $10K donation in Salvation Army pot

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$10K Donation Goes in Salvation Army Pot
http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S290488.shtml?cat=619

(AP) EXTON, Pa. - An Army veteran who remembered getting free coffee and doughnuts from the Salvation Army decades ago gave a $10,000 check to a dumbfounded bell-ringer.

"The $10,000 is to help pay for my coffee and donuts," he said in a handwritten note signed, "P.F.C." "Seems fair to me after 40+ years, with inflation and everything."

The man gave the check to a volunteer outside a department store at the Exton Mall on Friday, said Capt. Gerald Morgan, a spokesman for the Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia.

The man remembered being given coffee and doughnuts while serving in World War II and wanted to return the kindness, Morgan said. His name was on the check and he has given large amounts in the past, but he asked the Salvation Army not to identify him.

When I saw this piece it brought to mind the Sally Ann mobile canteen that used to follow us out on exercise in Germany.  I also remembered some very flattering comments made by some WW2 veterans (Canadian and American) about how the Salvation Army treated them during the war in comparison to some of the other organizations (Red Cross 'Doughnut Dollies' especially) about whom they had less that flattering opinions. 


The Salvation Army - A Presentation by The Canadian War Museum

"It would be easier to forget one's name than fail to remember the times without number when the Salvation Army was, in truth, our comforter and friend."
- General Harry Crerar  Former Commander of the First Canadian Army, Second World War