Soup and hope: every day at 4 am, this truck serves the homeless
Nightly soup run offers a meal, plants a seed. “We’re getting a chance to serve people, you know, like Jesus did.” –Pete Broz “Well, we usually show up down here about 4:15. They’ve got cooks that cook the food all day.
New program hopes to change the narrative on trafficking
The Salvation Army first anti-human trafficking program in Florida that allows short-term housing for trafficking victims who are rescued by law enforcement. When the term “human trafficking” is mentioned, most people still envision drugged women smuggled into the country. Dotti
Salvation Army expands Oxnard dental clinic
Since 1999, The Salvation Army has operated a free dental clinic to uninsured adults throughout Ventura County, California. It’s 4 a.m. on a Tuesday in Oxnard, California—the roads expectedly quiet, the air crisp. A handful of people form a line outside
Reviving Strawberry Field
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever. – “Strawberry Fields Forever,” The Beatles Grounds that inspired legendary Beatles’ song will soon open to the public. Fifty years ago The
Our precious children
“Whoever receives a little child because of Me receives Me” (Matt. 18:5 NLV). The Salvation Army is known in this territory for its operation and sponsorship of more than 800 schools. This includes kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools, as well
10 best public art projects for community good
“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” – Albert Einstein When creatives and artists decide to make the community more beautiful or spread a message that we need to hear, we can’t help but join in, either through watching, helping or sharing
Breaking our unconscious bias
Color blindness has rarely been about not seeing differences, but about how we interpret the differences we see. If I’m on the road, chances are, I have a navigation app running. I need it with me to avoid a traffic jam,
How this program is empowering women in rural Kenya
WORTH teaches literacy and numeracy education, vocational trades, and business proficiency to women in rural Kenya. Visitors entering The Salvation Army Corps Community Center in Kapsabet, Kenya, for a monthly WORTH meeting can expect to be greeted by hundreds of smiling