“Life Is A Song” for SAW-ROA delegates
Sponsored by the Salvation Army West Retired Officers Association (SAW-ROA), the Western Territory Retired Officers Retreat took place at Camp Mt. Crags (Southern California) during spring 2010.
Sunbeam award recipients
Photo by Kelsey Pearce Eight Commissioner's Sunbeam award recipients were recognized during the welcome and installation of the new divisional commander in conjunction with the Worship Arts camp concert in the Cascade Division. L-R: Major Bob Louangamath,
Support for San Bruno fire survivors
The Salvation Army worked with the community of San Bruno, Calif. and other groups to meet the needs of persons displaced by the catastrophic gas line explosion of Sept. 9, 2010.
Removing roadblocks for aged-out foster youth
The future for “aged-out” foster youth—those now legally considered adults—is often uncertain. The Salvation Army’s Railton Place, located adjacent to the Kroc Center in San Francisco, offers resources to help these young people.
“This is how we know what love is…”
Love was the theme uniting 166 Western Territory delegates, aged 16-25, at this year’s Western Youth Institute (WYI), Aug. 7-13, 2010, at Camp Arnold in Eatonville, Wash. Leading the institute were Territorial Youth Leaders Majors Ivan and Jennifer Wild and
Western Welcome
The Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.—coined the “Carnegie Hall of the West” by Ella Fitzgerald—has hosted symphony orchestras, Bob Hope and Gene Kelly, but on Sept. 11, 2010, roughly 1,000 Salvationists gathered inside to welcome both the new session of
“Hallelujah” sang the boys in the choir
In sparkling white choir robes amid blowing smoke, the boys of the Tabernacle Children’s Chorus (Pasadena, Calif.) sang with Michael Bolton on ABC’s hit television program Dancing with the Stars. The boys sang back-up to Leonard Cohen’s classic folk song
Salvation Army treasures revealed
After years of keeping its treasures secure but unavailable for public viewing, The Salvation Army’s Museum of the West—located on the campus of the College for Officer Training (CFOT) at Crestmont—is now open to the public. Under the direction of