The Salvation Army’s iconic Red Kettle Campaign is set to launch, but it could be a challenging year for meeting its goals in Butler County.

Charles DeJesus, an envoy for the Butler County Corps, said rules about solicitation and recent store closures will make reaching this year’s goal in the county of raising $90,000 challenging, citing a decrease in the number of stores at which they are able to set up kettles.

“Rite Aids have gone away. Big Lots have gone away,” DeJesus said. “It makes it all the more difficult to have opportunities for raising funds through Red Kettle because there are fewer stores.”

He added other locations have policies against soliciting and are not willing to make exceptions, even for the Salvation Army.

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