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‘Secret Santa’ drops $5,000 in red kettle at Fort Oglethorpe Salvation Army

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photo Sandy Leavell, Salvation Army’s Social Service Director, reacts after finding $5,000 in a red kettle.
photo A note was found with a stack of $100 bills in a Ft. Oglethorpe kettle.

The Salvation Army got an unexpected surprise while emptying their famed red kettles Tuesday.

An anonymous donor slipped 50 $100 bills and a note into the kettle in front of the K-Mart on Battlefield Parkway in Ft. Oglethorpe.

The note read, “Do not remember me – May the peace of Christ be with you all. (that was the message last year)”.

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