Dewey Thompson, of Butler, rings a bell in November for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign at Save A Lot at Pullman Square in Butler. The Salvation Army in Butler County raised an estimated 90% or slightly more of its $90,000 goal. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

The Salvation Army in Butler County raised an estimated 90% to 92% of its $90,000 goal for the county during this past season’s Red Kettle campaign, said Major Darlene Means of the Salvation Army’s Butler Corps on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The final push for donations came into the new year as the Salvation Army remained about $15,000 short of its goal in late December.

Means said donations that came in afterward by mail in January helped “a good bit” toward the goal.

In December, Means said a severe winter storm prevented outdoor donations on Dec. 23 and 24, which are the two biggest dates for donations. That coupled with inflation, she said, might have led to a decrease in donations.