Chronicle: Home For The Holidays Part 2

WEBVTT CHRISTMAS BELLS RING OUT JOY, OF COURSE. AND - MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO - ONE LITTLE ♪ [CAROL SINGING] JANE: CHRISTMAS BELLS RING OUT JOY, OF COURSE. AND MORE THAN A CENTUR AGO, WHEN LITTLE BELL SENT UP A CALL FOR HELP. BACK IN 1891, A SALVATION ARMY CAPTAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO NEEDED MONEY TO HELP FEED THE CITY’S POOR. HE SET UP A POT TO COLLECT DONATIONS. AND SO BEGAN THE SALVATION ARMY RED KETTLES, COLLECTING SPARE CHANGE ACROSS THE COUNTR LITTLE BELLS, IN THE HANDS OF A VOLUNTEER MAKE A BIG DIFFERENC HERE AGAIN IS MICHAEL COGDILL. [BELL RINGING] MICHAEL: WENDY AND THE BELL GO BACK A WAYS. >> IT IS AN ART FORM, YOU KNOW? BUZZ OF PEOPLE WALK BY, NO EYE CONTACT. MICHAEL: WAY BEFORE A KETTLE RINGER HAD TO COMPETE WITH A CELL PHONE, FOR ATTENTION. >> I JUST LOVE PEOPLE. I LOVE TO MEET EM. I LOVE TO TALK TO EM. MICHAEL: SHE STARTED RINGING OUT THAT CALL FOR KINDNESS AT CHRISTMASTIME. MICHAEL: YOU COULDN’T EMAIL STATE WHEN WENDY STARTED. IT WAS 1991. SHE WAS, 12. >> THROUGH THE KETTLES, THAT’S JUST ONE WAY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE. AND I JUST LOVE IT. NOW, SHE WORKS FOR THE SALVATION MICHAEL:NOW, SHE WORKS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY, A CAPTAIN. SHE KNOWS HOW TO BE NICE TO EVERYONE. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS. MICHAEL: EVEN THE RARE SCROOGE WALKING BY. EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE A SCROOGE, MAYBE WONDER THEY WILL REMEMBER THAT I SAID, GOD BLESS YOU, MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR HEARTS. MICHAEL: THE SALVATION ARMY THIS YEAR USES A SLOGAN FOR THESE RED KETTLES. WHEN YOU GIVE, EXPECT CHANGE. AND THEY’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE KIND THAT JINGLES IN YOUR POCKET. >> BASICALLY I HAD BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC MY WHOLE LIFE. MICHAEL: DANIEL HOBSON BROUGHT HIS TROUBLED LIFE TO THE SALVATION ARMY. >> I WAS LOSING JOBS. LOSING PLACES TO LIVE. MICHAEL: NOW, SOBER, HE WORKS HERE. RUNS THE MEN’S SHELTER. CHANGE DROPPED IN THE KETTLES HELPED CHANGE HI >> EVERY PENNY COUNTS. >> >> IT HELPS PAY THE BILLS. IT HELPS BUY THE FOOD. IT GIVES ALL OF US HOP YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE LIVING ON THE STREET, YOU DON’T SEE THAT. MICHAEL: WENDY SEES HOPE APLENTY. STILL OUT THERE RINGING FOR CHANGE. >> GOD BLESS YOU, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. [BELL RINGING] JANE: AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF LOVE COMES FROM THOSE KETTLES. AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR, THE MONEY COLLECTED WILL SERVE THE NEEDS OF SOME 26,000 PEOPLE IN THE REGION. >> MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NICE CRISP EDGES AND ALWAYS PUT A LITTLE SOMETHING ON YOUR PACKAGE. JANE: CREATING A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS GIFT WITH RIBBONS AND PAPER. HOW TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTS LOOK EXTRA SPECIAL, WHEN CHRONICLE CONTINUES. FOR YOU TO DONATE TO PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SUNSHINE FUND