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

May 21, 2016

Furnishings welcome vets home

The Salvation Army often helps veterans in need connect to housing, but the Army

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May 11, 2016

Surviving servitude

When Lydia pressed for her money, her employers simply got more creative with

byMindy Farabee

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May 11, 2016

Promoting love behind bars

The United States is No

byKathy Lovin

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May 7, 2016

Enterprising spirit

The Salvation Army is launching initiatives from culinary to construction Hope

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May 1, 2016

Reclaiming billboards

A campaign to point people in need to The Salvation Army There it was

byKathy Lovin

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April 29, 2016

Retrain the brain

Neurofeedback treatment is helping veterans, recovering addicts and everyone in

byJared McKiernan

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April 26, 2016

Disaster reduction in an age of rising seas

Adaptation and mitigation could play a larger role going forward

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April 25, 2016

Streamlined path to IDs benefits homeless

Under AB 1733, individuals facing homelessness can apply for an ID and a birth

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April 22, 2016

Salvation Army reinforcements boost Ecuador earthquake response

In the wake of an April 16 earthquake in Ecuador now known to have killed nearly

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April 19, 2016

Salvation Army provides assistance after earthquakes strike Japan

Two powerful earthquakes leave at least 44 dead and a thousand injured The

April 19, 2016

General André Cox calls for prayer after Ecuador earthquake

Impact Stories

April 11, 2016

SERVICE AT THE POINT OF NEED

Nearly 23,000 volunteers served over 161,000 people from 474 Service Extension

byChristin Thieme

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

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Impact Stories

Furnishings welcome vets home

Surviving servitude

Promoting love behind bars

Enterprising spirit

Reclaiming billboards

Retrain the brain

Disaster reduction in an age of rising seas

Streamlined path to IDs benefits homeless

Salvation Army reinforcements boost Ecuador earthquake response

Salvation Army provides assistance after earthquakes strike Japan

General André Cox calls for prayer after Ecuador earthquake

SERVICE AT THE POINT OF NEED

‘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