THE Salvation Army is urging Sunraysia residents to keep their donations at home to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

It comes after the temporary closure of Mildura's Langtree Avenue and Fourteenth Street thrift stores, and the Ouyen store, to protect volunteers who fall in the most vulnerable age bracket.

Managing co-ordinator Michelle Rummings said the Salvos store at Mildura's Homemaker Centre ...