Salvation Army Kroc Center partners with LGBTQ sports league
Since early January, The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Norfolk, Virginia, has welcomed a dodgeball league of over 250 LGBTQ athletes, run by Stonewall Sports. Kroc Senior Officer Lt. Nathan Bridges and several Kroc Center staff
The Salvation Army aids in missing person search in New York
After four days in the wilderness, the lost hiker was found alive by first responders and taken to the hospital. The Salvation Army responded last week to support the Margaretville Fire Station in Delaware County on a missing person search in
Partnership boosts training for Kroc employees
Initiative could impact all Salvation Army facilities in Southern Territory The Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute (PSFEI) announced this week a partnership with The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers, to provide training for facility maintenance technicians, supervisors
The Salvation Army responds to three-alarm fire in Buffalo
The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) Team in Buffalo, New York, responded to a three-alarm residential fire impacting three homes early the morning of March 31. The team provided canteen and hydration services to approximately 60 firefighters. Fire investigators are still
East Cleveland opens its first community center
City is one of the state’s poorest areas. By Neil Munoz - The Salvation Army recently launched the East Cleveland (Ohio) Corps Community Center, its first ever facility in the city. The 31,000-square-foot community center replaces the old Salvation Army facility in the Hough
Building promoters
Train your team to grow fans of The Salvation Army By Nigel Pugh - A local mom took her child out of the humble Salvation Army daycare in a tough part of the city to send her instead to a shiny new
Chef treats food as medicine
Culinary Arts Program teaches healing through a healthy diet. By Erica Rucker - Chef Timothy Tucker had a vision to help others through food. He created a Culinary Arts Program at The Salvation Army Center of Hope in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2005,
Salvation Army leaders visit Pennsylvania State Capitol
Salvation Army officers and staff from across Central and Eastern Pennsylvania convened at State Capitol in Harrisburg last week, to share with legislators about The Salvation Army’s work across the state. 120 Salvation Army representatives met with their local representatives to
Bridging the Gap gains traction in New York
Juvenile corrections program parlays community support into promising start By Lizeth Beltran - When Anna Malone stepped into the program director position for Bridging the Gap in Lockport, N.Y., she knew she had a lot to live up to. Since its inception
UberGive makes ‘Moving Day’ donation friendly
Ride-sharing company picks up items for donation to The Salvation Army in Boston. By Drew Forster - They come in droves—from across town, around the state, every time zone in the U.S. and all four corners of the globe. As home to
‘The Glory Shop’ reopens
Once a Times Square corps, now a discipleship and arts school in Manhattan’s theater district By Robert Mitchell - “The Glory Shop,” once the name of a corps in Manhattan’s Times Square, reopened as a discipleship and arts school to give
Puerto Rico program reaches crime victims
In 2014, there were 8,383 instances of violent crime in Puerto Rico. By Vivian Lopez - An armed robbery can occur in a flash, but the trauma brought on by such crimes can linger for years. The Salvation Army “Puertas Abiertas” (Open