Culinary students use training at wildfires
Hope Harbor Culinary Arts Program students respond to emergency need By Sydney Fong - Several students from the Lodi, Calif., Hope Harbor Culinary Arts Program are processing what they witnessed at two separate wildfire scenes. “It looked like a warzone out there,” said
Little Caesars Pizza feeds love
More than 200 pizzas served to homeless individuals. By Sydney Fong - Little Caesars Pizza showed a lot of love during a recent trip through Northern California. The pizza chain utilized its touring mobile kitchen truck called “The Love Kitchen” to serve
Coats for Kids warms over 3,000 children across Alaska
The Salvation Army is providing winter coats to schoolchildren in 14 communities. By Thomas Brown - The Salvation Army in Alaska has collected over 3,000 coats for Alaskan children as part of its 2015 Coats for Kids campaign. The program, which helps
Salvation Army pools resources in response to Carolina floods
The Emergency Disaster Services of The Salvation Army of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi provides aid for historic flooding in the Carolinas. Salvation Army mobile feeding kitchens are rolling in from all over the Carolinas and Georgia serving hot meals and drinks
Salvationist couple one month into national Kroc Tour
By Bianca Pryor - Broderick and Bianca Pryor, Salvationists from Denver, departed Sept. 13 to spend the next year visiting 24 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers across mainland U.S., starting in Omaha, Neb. Here, Bianca Pryor shares about the
Mobile Red Kettle campaigns underway
New initiative designed to better tap into peer-to-peer fundraising this Christmas. By Christin Davis - The Southwest Division is testing a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign this month to raise $10,000 to feed local families through an average $10 gift from 1,000 people. The
Invisible imagination
Disability is redefining genius Have I actually understood? This weird quirk I try To suppress or hide Is a talent that could Help me meet the Wizard - Stephen Schwartz (Lyrics from “The Wizard and I” in the Broadway Musical Wicked) Elphaba, the supposed “wicked witch” as re-imagined
Hurricane Katrina—10 years later
The Salvation Army continues to serve the Gulf Coast. “I just had a feeling. I had a full tank, so I packed up some food and some stuff. I told the kids, ‘Get inside,’ and just started driving north [toward
‘Go and Tell’
Rally led by Commissioner Silvia Cox inspires thousands of women across Southern Africa. By Major Carin Holmes - [gss gallery ids="17998,17999,18000,18001,18002,18003,18004"] More than 3,000 women across The Salvation Army Southern Africa Territory took part in a lively weekend rally led by Commissioner Silvia Cox,
The Salvation Army and Indiana University launch Human Needs Index
The measure, based on nonprofit services data, provides new look at poverty. The Salvation Army and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy today announced a new, multidimensional measure of human needs based on objective data. With more than 45
The Salvation Army opens new service center in Atascadero
The office will eventually house a small pantry. By Jared McKiernan - The Salvation Army opened a new service extension center in Atascadero, Calif., after sharing a space with Loaves & Fishes for 15 years. The Atascadero Chamber of Commerce participated in the
The Salvation Army responds to historic flooding in the Carolinas
The Salvation Army is providing mass feeding and hydration support to several communities in North and South Carolina. Sustained rainfall in widespread areas of South Carolina has resulted in persistent flooding, prompting a statewide response from The Salvation Army. Across the