Most Salvation Army volunteers ring the bell outside stores calmly. Volunteer Joy Garrett, however, dresses up like an elf and dances while she rings the organization’s bell outside Walmart.
For Garrett, volunteering is a tradition and something she enjoys and encourages others to do.
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