Christmas Kettling 2009

The season of giving and cheer is just round the corner. This year would you stretch a hand to drop a donation into our gleaming red kettle pots situated all over the island?

The familiar sight of our red pots and the joyful jingling of bells will once again hit the streets this season.

Look out for our pots and help us bring smiles to our beneficiaries' faces this Christmas by dropping in generous donations!

Date: 28th Nov to 24th Dec

Time: 11am to 9pm (Mondays to Saturdays)

Venue: Various shopping malls all over Singapore

Your donations go a long way in the work we do at The Salvation Army which include a nursing home, two children homes, a youth drop in centre and a prison programme helping families of the incarcerated.

You can also help us by volunteering to man our kettle stands all across Singapore. 

Please contact Christmas Kettling Vounteering Hotline at 64524093 or email volunteer@smm.salvationarmy.org leaving behind your full name, ic number, contact number and e-mail. We will be in touch with you shortly.

Ever wondered why we use our signature red pots? It all began in 1891 when a Salvation Army Captain, Joseph McFee resolved to provide a free Christmas dinner for the poor in San Francisco.

He recalled from his days as a sailor that while in Liverpool, England, there was a large pot called the "Simpson's Pot" which people would toss charitable donations into.

Using this idea, he proposed to and received permission from the city's authorities to place a similar pot at a conspicuous location, drawing attention and donations from the people going to and fro at the foot of San Francisco's Market Street.

Thus, Captain McFee launched a tradition that spread not only throughout the United States but around the world.

Public contribution to the kettles enable The Salvation Army to bring the spirit of Christmas to people who would otherwise be forgotten - the aged and lonely, ill, poor and disadvantaged or the incarcerated.