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Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. She has been the top collector for the southern suburbs for the past seven years. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche cries as she and Ernesto Corral share a "God moment" at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on Dec. 12, 2012. He said he raises his arm to "give the Lord praise and surrender to him." | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club, in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. She has been the top collector for the southern suburbs for the past seven years. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. She has been the top collector for the southern suburbs for the past seven years. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. She has been the top collector for the southern suburbs for the past seven years. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche gets a hug from store employee Angel Brown while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings to Dawn Artis and her daughter Mycayla while trying to collect money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. She has been the top collector for the southern suburbs for the past seven years. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. She has been the top collector for the southern suburbs for the past seven years. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Christine Morena thanks Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche as Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on December 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Mary Ann Vickers puts money in the donation bin as Salvation Army bell ringer Stephanie Porche sings while collecting money at Sam's Club in Tinley Park, IL, on Wednesday December 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
They say song can lift the human spirit and make a person feel closer to God. It also can fill the Salvation Army kettle. Stephanie Porche stands in the stark, chilly vestibule of Sam’s Club in Tinley Park and belts out “Silver Bells.” The a …