For the first time ever, Salvation Army officers say they will roll out a “cashless” Red Kettle project in North Texas.

“People just don’t carry cash anymore and we need to keep up with the times,” said Pat Patey, a Salvation Army spokesman.

At least a dozen of the familiar Red Kettle coin collection sites in the Dallas area will have small credit card scanners, allowing donors to swipe and give instead of digging for coins and cash.

If successful in the Dallas area, the pilot program will soon go nationwide.

The Red Kettle campaign kicks off November 14 in Dallas with Mayor Tom Leppert to drop the first dollar in a Salvation Army kettle.