Impact Stories

Learn more about the biggest issues faced by communities today and how you can get involved with a variety of stories and articles about impact.

Impact Stories

August 20, 2020

Salvation Army feeds first responders, evacuees of several Northern California wildfires

Nearly 250,000 people are under fire evacuation orders and warnings in Northern

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August 7, 2020

Salvation Army helping children in tornado-ravaged North Carolina town

By Shelley Henderson– As Captain Teresa Bush picked her way through a field in

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July 29, 2020

Salvation Army responds in Texas as Hurricane Hanna strikes

With the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season underway, Hurricane Hanna continues to

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July 28, 2020

Salvation Army serves residents impacted by Hurricane Hanna

By Philip Burn – Salvation Army staff and volunteers in Corpus Christi

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July 23, 2020

Billboard promotes help line for Montana human trafficking survivors

There’s a new feature at The Salvation Army’s Billings, Montana, warehouse: a

byHillary Jackson

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July 8, 2020

Pandemic-induced ‘eviction avalanche’ comes into focus

The Salvation Army works to get out in front of, and respond to, the looming

byJared McKiernan

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July 2, 2020

Meet the Helpers: Salvation Army officers triple food pantry size in Mesa

Major Cherilee Ramsey is the corps officer in Mesa, Arizona, with her husband,

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June 26, 2020

Everything you need to know about William Booth this Founder’s Day

The Salvation Army celebrates Founders’ Day each year on July 2

byChristin Thieme

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June 22, 2020

Why getting to know people is key and other lessons from David Hudson in his last days as National Commander

After 45 years encompassing some 15 appointments as a Salvation Army officer,

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June 20, 2020

William Booth: A tribute to the Founder at the centennial of his death

A tribute to the Founder at the centennial of his death

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June 18, 2020

The words we need to hear this Father’s Day: Welcome home

“You have been more like a son than my own boy

byDavid Hudson, Commissioner

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