Cpt. Robert Owen would prefer to have volunteers with the Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas Campaign ringing bells at all the stores before Thanksgiving but he gets the marketing value of waiting.

I’M JENNIFER BAYLESS. TODAY I’M JOINED BY KELLI HUTCHINSON WITH THE SALVATION ARMY. SHE’S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN AND THERE’S A BIG NEED FOR BELL RINGERS. THIS YEAR. HOW MANY BELL ...

Writing a column about bell-ringing is, in a way, a hopeless endeavor. The experience is like taking a photocopy of a photocopy — the product takes you further from the art at hand, the lived ...