I imagine kettle donations have been falling while online donation have been rising for years; folks don't carry cash as much.They definitely hurting.
My family went shopping yesterday morning at Meijer and Kroger. My wife went inside, my boys and I stayed in our car.
I didn't see 1 person drop coins at the SA kettle the entire time, both places were busy as you can imagine this time of the year.
Two of my co-worker organize SA donations in our work group every year, they didn't do it this year.