Sadly, the experience of the Salvation Army in the Des Moines metro is something we're hearing from the organization in many communities this year: the coins just aren't dropping in the red kettles at the rate they need to make this year's goal. Here the Salvation Army is $300,000 short of its goal. The Salvation Army aims to get $1.1 million in donations, compared to 900,000 last year. They said it's needed because the number of families asking for help went up 11 percent from 2010 and the amount of traffic in their food pantries is up 14 percent.
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