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Nakong ena ea matsatsi a phomolo, malapa a tummeng le litho tsa sechaba li hatela pele ho kopanela ho phatlalatseng thabo ea Keresemese ho ba hlokang ka ho kenya letsoho moetlong oa lilemo tse lekholo oa ho letsa tšepe le.
Barupeluoa ba kenyelletsa li-TV tse peli tsa ntlafatso ea lehae Ben le Erin Napier ho tloha Laurel, Mississippi; bathabi le batšehetsi ba nako e telele ba The Salvation Army Carlos le Alexa PenaVega ho tsoa Franklin, Tennessee; Holo ea Famer ea NFL Cris Carter ho tsoa Boca Raton, Florida; chef le restaurateur Guy Fieri ho tsoa Santa Rosa, California; naleli ea NBA ea pensheneng le khau ea khauta ea Liolimpiki Michael Redd ho tsoa New Albany, Ohio; WNBA Hall of Famer le khau ea khauta ea Liolimpiki Lindsay Whalen ho tloha Minneapolis, Minnesota; le Mofumahatsana Volunteer America Berkley Bryant ho tsoa Anderson, Carolina Boroa. Ho feta moo, the Bashebelli ba Dallas Cowboys ba ikemiselitse ho letsa tšepe ho Red Kettles e ikhethang ea The Salvation Army, 'me ba o thehile file ea Motjeko oa Kettle e khubelu ho hapa moea oa matsatsi a phomolo le ho susumetsa ba bang ho etsa joalo.
Ho bontša matla a ho fana ka kopanelo, lihlopha tsena tse nang le tšusumetso li tla tlisa tlhokomeliso tabeng ea hore ka ho ithaopela ho letsa tšepe ho Red Kettle, ho fana ka seatla se bulehileng ho ea hole haholo. Ka karolelano, litšepe tsa baithaopi li phahamisa $80-$100 e le menehelo nakong ea phetoho ea lihora tse peli, e ka fanang ka lijo tse ka bang 200 ho ba hlokang.
“Ho khutlisa ho bohlokoa haholo lelapeng la rōna, ’me re thabela ho ba le monyetla oa ho khothalletsa malapa naheng ka bophara ho etsa se tšoanang. Re khetha ho sebelisana le The Salvation Army ka lebaka la mosebetsi oa bona o moholo ho pholletsa le naha, "ho boletse Erin le Ben Napier, ba babeli ba nchafatso ea lehae la TV. Ho tloha ka ho tšehetsa baahelani ba rōna ba hlokang selemo ho pota ho ea ho thusa malapa hore a tsosolose bophelo ba ’ona ka mor’a hore likoluoa li hlahe ho ea ho fana ka tlhokomelo ea maikutlo le ea moea—ba teng kamehla.”
"E bile ntho e khothatsang haholo ho ba karolo ea Boto ea Naha ea Boeletsi ea The Salvation Army lilemong tse 'maloa tse fetileng, kahoo ke thabile ebile ke leboha monyetla oa ho letsa tšepe ho e' ngoe ea Li-Red Kettles tsa heso sehleng sena," ho boletse Michael Redd. naleli ea NBA ea pensheneng le khau ea khauta ea Liolimpiki. “Ka sebele ho na le mosebetsi o mongata o etsoang naheng ka bophara, ’me monehelo o mong le o mong o thusa malapa a hlokang ka ho fetisisa thabo le tšepo. E mong le e mong oa rona a ka etsa phapang ka ho ingolisa nthong e bonolo joalo ka ho letsa tšepe sebakeng sa habo rona. ”
Lichelete tse bokelletsoeng ka Letšolo la Red Kettle ka kotloloho li tšehetsa litšebeletso tsa bohlokoa tsa The Salvation Army, ho kenyeletsoa ho fana ka lijo, bolulo le thuso ea matsatsi a phomolo ho malapa a limilione a hlokang. Nakong e fetileng ea matsatsi a phomolo, Red Kettles e ile ea bokella chelete e kaalo ka $2.7 milione ka letsatsi. Matsatsi a mahlano a fokolang a ho fana selemong sena a ka bolela tahlehelo ea liranta tse limilione tse 13.5, ho bolelang hore tlhokahalo ea malapa le lihlopha ho tsoa le ho letsa tšepe libakeng tsa bona e kholo le ho feta.
"Red Kettle Campaign ha e felle feela ka ho bokella chelete," ho boletse Mokomishinara Kenneth Hodder, molaoli oa naha oa The Salvation Army. "E mabapi le ho kopanya batho, liketso tse khothatsang tsa ts'ebeletso, le ho ba le tšusumetso e bonahalang maphelong a malapa a hlokang. Kaha ho na le matsatsi a seng makae a ho bokella chelete selemong sena, hora e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe ea ho letsa tšepe e bohlokoa.”
