%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R ] /Count 1 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 13 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 14 0 R /GS2 15 0 R /GS3 16 0 R /GS4 17 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 3.1.0 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20250914154110+00'00') /ModDate (D:20250914154110+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1309 >> stream xWMo8Wc %Mv(E큑h,$m)пCr eo (KyOEQDӣ^~[RAQ,+Z6tGFq"Z>>y7GHc VЇVZAO?}Q(y0p'3cV073y6Ud'c:PDq3xr|n⟎YQTD,Nwd,Z4,_Cܸ09*}ԨHGqq/Ǵ6**Utjr_N<աVk70ԩweæNX&YYF*)KS kk׼?sWHo~lQfVkR+ɵu7BjEׄ$4S(Fj(J^+BB)(F繵oDKۉl)qHo[ej0G%n-RJZ$B׭ 9C߽VVm'kA 9ZdQ^ .ЪS?!"&ُ j^tjq4r}ӝmnx}K҅؏Qβ8_߶h7i Al~b#-nɇN*0-H:䎆ڌ8ð匎(iΑkJְo'oEwC!:e7SweNw swҥ=("&;V@ m j wW2slcX,n; tfB&sr){W5b˵.-o8 7r/G I!߹L.\]~z 0s"uH(enxs:xP™|"*=b`r_w5n+ 7m9~qD2T}qY* V`n=K'5G9PWaϾ c#Gh68^@A 1B/B>:jjо9wz@GQddy20(~\^Cz nD˻՘cqkf l@_5=j/G^2QŒ4:>z\Fqɵ+Ѵ|GI֡J"-'[kEq6'mFlmYoAߊ[ {Td5 ׈c]U| endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 13 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 18 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj xref 0 19 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000383 00000 n 0000000412 00000 n 0000000561 00000 n 0000000664 00000 n 0000002046 00000 n 0000002153 00000 n 0000002261 00000 n 0000002371 00000 n 0000002484 00000 n 0000002513 00000 n 0000002623 00000 n 0000002680 00000 n 0000002737 00000 n 0000002796 00000 n 0000002855 00000 n trailer << /Size 19 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[<5172fe6174a74d50ca334100af2240db><5172fe6174a74d50ca334100af2240db>] >> startxref 2884 %%EOF Army assists the White House | Caring Magazine
Read Caring Magazine Volume 29

Vol. #29

Hope in Action

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Army assists the White House

October 9, 2008
1 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

Little-known program provides local aid.

President Ronald Reagan addresses a White House meeting of religious leaders held in 1972. Commissioner John D. Needham attended the meeting. [Photo courtesy of The Salvation Army National Archives]

“Most people are not aware of a program we have,” said Major George Hood, national community relations and development secretary, “that goes back to the Nixon White House.”

Hood explained: “The White House receives tons of mail—they sort 30,000 to 50,000 letters a day—from people wanting assistance. The letters are routed to the government office most likely to provide help. At the end of the day, there is a stack [left over] filled with social service needs, and they come to us.”

The National Community Relations and Development department distributes the mail to the divisional commanders (DC) throughout the country in the area where the writer lives. Most often, they are requests for basic needs—clothing, food, and so on.

“We ask the DC to investigate and have the Army handle the situation locally, and to then let us know what they did. We in turn let the White House know,” he said.

Hood noted that The Salvation Army acts on behalf of the president. While it is a service they accomplish directly with the government, the Army receives no recompense. “They put their trust in our hands,” Hood said.

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like