Elmo Choclet accepts a donation to the Salvation Army on Thursday outside Walmart in Cape Girardeau. Choclet has been a bellringer for the Red Kettle campaign here since 1994. Salvation Army Lt. Matthew DeGonia reported $195,000 of the $300,000 goal has been raised.
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