Salvation Army Bellringer Inger Balderas and mom Laura Severn help 1-year-old Will put a donation on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 into the same kettle that once again netted a $1,700 gold coin a few days ago in front of Casey's Foods in Naperville. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
SSalvation Army Bellringer Inger Balderas and mom Laura Severn help 1-year-old Will put a donation on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 into the same kettle that once again netted a $1,700 gold coin a few days ago in front of Casey's Foods in Naperville. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army Bellringer Inger Balderas collects donations on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 next to the kettle that once again netted a $1,700 gold coin a few days ago in front of Casey's Foods in Naperville. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army Bellringer Inger Balderas collects donations on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 next to the kettle that once again netted a $1,700 gold coin a few days ago in front of Casey's Foods in Naperville. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
A South African gold Krugerrand was dropped into the Salvation Army kettle outside Casey’s Foods in Naperville. | Courtesy of the Salvation Army
A South African gold Krugerrand was dropped into the Salvation Army kettle outside Casey’s Foods in Naperville. | Courtesy of the Salvation Army
It’s becoming a yuletide tradition. The mysterious donor of the region’s first gold Krugerrand to the Salvation Army again chose Casey’s Foods in Naperville as the drop site this year. The one-ounce coin, valued at about $1,700, was slipped into the red kettle sometime last …
