It’s the season to hear bells ringing and that means that Jason Wood is spending five days a week and eight hours a day volunteering for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign.
His good deed was dampened earlier this month when somebody made off with the kettle proceeds Jason had raised. He says that it is typical for a new face to switch out his full kettle with an empty one, so he didn’t give it a second though when a young man impersonating a volunteer walked up, flashed a name tag and took his kettle.
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Jason was shocked when the real Salvation Army worker showed up.
“I was like uh oh okay I have just been duped,” said Jason.
Lieutenant Harold Gitau says that a person matching the same description as the man who took Jason’s kettle came to the Kroger Customer Service and asked for kettles. He has made off with three red kettles this month.
Tuesday morning the church where they count their money was broken into. The burglar took around $300 worth in cash and gift cards. The church was also heavily damaged.
“We just continue praying for them, so that they may have a change of heart,” said Lieutenant Gitau.
Jason says he is also ready to forgive.
“Anger went through my mind initially, but the more I thought about it, the only thing I said to myself is hopefully whatever he took, he needed it more than somebody else,” said Jason.
The man stealing kettles is described as a young man, around 5 feet 10 inches tall with an average build and a scruffy, blonde beard.
If you have any information on who he is, you’re asked to call Frankfort police.
