The Salvation Army has made it easier to donate money to the Santa that stands outside the stores each year. Santa now accepts credit cards. The Salvation Army has a new device where you swipe your card and decide how much you would like to give to the charity.

A Peninsula Salvation Army spokesman says that two of the machines will be posted this December outside of Patrick Henry mall in Hampton as well as select Wal-Marts. If this new program works, it will be expanding across the southside next year.

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