Columbus woman rings bell every year for Salvation Army despite health issues
Bundled up in a coat and scarf, Patricia Hollis smiled and spoke to customers outside Kroger in Columbus Wednesday morning as she rang the familiar Salvation Army bell.
76-year-old Salvation Army bell ringer has been at it for a decade-plus
James Merrigan’s wife told him to find something to do with his time.
So the retired Air Force veteran left his Old Aberdeen Road home in Columbus and showed back up a little while later. When he did, his wife, Vicki, asked what he had found.
“Well,” he said, “it’s seasonal.”
That was 13 years ago. He’s been doing the thing he found ever since.