Today is the last day to donate to the Red Kettle Campaign for the Salvation Army.
If more donations are not received, the $90,000 goal will not be met.
"We have about $20,000 to go until we hit $90,000," Lt. Staci Ferreira said Monday.
Funds collected during the kettle drive help the Salvation Army provide a weekly soup kitchen, rent and utility assistance and other programs.
Hitting the goal is becoming more of a wish than a reality.
When asked if she thought the goal would be achieved, Ferreira said, "No, unless somebody comes in with a very large check or a very large donation," she said.
Weather and a later Thanksgiving holiday are among the reasons Ferreira said account for the declining donations.
"The weather has just been insane," she said.
Donations are welcome until the early afternoon today and are also accepted online.
To donate online, go to the website at www.salvationarmypottsville.org and click Donate Now.
So far, about $1,000 has been donated online, the first year it has been done, and will be accepted until Jan. 31, Ferreira said.
A bell ringer will be outside Boscov's Department Store at Fairlane Village mall, Pottsville, and Boyer's Food Markets Inc., Shenandoah.
The other kettle locations include: Wal-Mart Supercenter in the Coal Creek Commerce Center, Saint Clair; Redner's Warehouse Markets, Schuylkill Haven and Shenandoah; Boyer's Food Markets Inc., Orwigsburg, Frackville and Pottsville; inside the Fairlane Village mall near the Boscov's entrance; BG's Value Market, King's Village Plaza, Minersville; and the Schuylkill Mall near Kmart.