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, 2019

5 TED Talks on making an impact on the world

Have you thought about the impact you’ll have on this world after you leave it?

byNicole Bouschet

Impact Stories

August 8, 2019

We need to care more about the environment

“We know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains

byBrian Peddle, General

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August 6, 2019

How The Salvation Army is helping families

Stepping in to fill the need, whatever the need might be

byVivian Gatica Lopez

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August 5, 2019

How you can help after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton

Multiple mass shootings claimed 31 lives across the U

Man in Salvation Army Uniform with Crowd

Impact Stories

August 2, 2019

30 things you didn’t know about The Salvation Army

When many people hear of The Salvation Army, they think only of thrift stores

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July 23, 2019

Salvation Army Sunbeams program connects, empowers girls

Carla Brandt believes the fellowship and skills learned in The Salvation Army’s

byCaitlin Johnston

Impact Stories

July 16, 2019

How drones are changing the disaster relief industry

Disasters now displace three to ten times more people than conflict and war, but

byJared McKiernan

Apple on Books Next to Pencils and Alphabet Blocks

Impact Stories

July 12, 2019

5 ideas for doing good this back to school season

While it may seem that school just ended for the summer, the reality of the

byVivian Gatica Lopez

Impact Stories

July 11, 2019

Notes from camp: Where children are free to love and live

Last year, more than 260,000 kids attended a summer or day camp with The

byEd Covert

Counselor Joshua Hamilton Playing with Three Kids at Camp

Impact Stories

June 29, 2019

How summer camp changed my life

For whatever reason, someone allowed me to attend summer camp as a 6 year old

byJoshua Hamilton, Captain

Robert Wallace Sitting on Porch with Custom Built Bike

Impact Stories

June 27, 2019

How one man is fixing bikes and changing lives

Robert Wallace’s childhood was much like a pinball, bouncing around a machine he

byAbagail Courtney

Impact Stories

June 20, 2019

Raising produce and pigs at The Salvation Army’s Hawaiian camp

Which came first: the chicken or the pigs?

byKaren Gleason

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Impact Stories

5 TED Talks on making an impact on the world

We need to care more about the environment

How The Salvation Army is helping families

How you can help after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton

30 things you didn’t know about The Salvation Army

Salvation Army Sunbeams program connects, empowers girls

How drones are changing the disaster relief industry

5 ideas for doing good this back to school season

Notes from camp: Where children are free to love and live

How summer camp changed my life

How one man is fixing bikes and changing lives

Raising produce and pigs at The Salvation Army’s Hawaiian camp

‘Determined’ volunteer brings in tons of food for Mesquite food pantry

Pathway of Hope helps grandparent caregivers find needed support

Salvation Army officers-in-training practice how to help amid disaster

Helena volunteer spreads the joy of music throughout community