ADVISORY/Bells Will Be Ringing at Ernst & Young Plaza During the Salvation Army's Annual Celebrity Bell Ringing.

City Desks/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Dec. 10)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

                Shelly Long, Paul Peterson, and Others
         Help Raise Awareness and Money for The Salvation Army


WHO:       Fritz Coleman (NBC4 Weathercaster), Shelly Long ("Cheers"),
           Paul Peterson ("Donna Reed Show," Child Activist) and
           others.

WHAT:      Co-sponsored by The Salvation Army and LA5 Rotary,
           Celebrity Bell Ringing provides an opportunity for
           celebrities to heighten awareness about The Salvation
           Army's Christmas Kettle campaign.  Throughout the day,
           celebrities and Rotarians will don a bell ringer apron,
           ring a silver bell and man a red kettle in a show of
           support for The Salvation Army.

WHEN/      Wednesday, December 10
WHERE:     11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
           Ernst & Young Plaza (7th & Figueroa)

HISTORY:   Dating back to 1891, the Christmas kettle campaign started
           as a way to give the hungry a free Christmas dinner.
           Today, The Salvation Army continues that tradition by
           using kettle donations to serve homeless and low-income
           families not just during Christmas, but year-round as well.