Grand changement: Empowering kids through ballet
Xiomara and Valeria love to dance. At The Salvation Army’s Kroc Corps and Community Center in San Francisco, the girls have been able to express their love of movement and enhance their education at the same time. The Kroc Center’s
Dry Bones Live: A story of reclamation and grace passed down and paid forward
David Barnett found himself in need of new work after vocational training he received in the Navy became obsolete. Over the next few years he struggled with drug addiction and ended up homeless and hopeless in Miami, Florida. David wrestled with
Dust to dust: A vignette of addiction in New Mexico
Smoking weed at age 7. A father by age 15. A cocaine addiction that quickly escalated to methamphetamine. And a body scarred by an accidental electrocution that nearly killed him. “I was this horrible person that the drugs made me be.”
Fight or flight: Using neurofeedback to treat PTSD and substance abuse
The Salvation Army Bell Shelter in Los Angeles, California, has implemented a new tool to help people get back on their feet: Neurofeedback. An emerging & non-invasive treatment, Neurofeedback helps treat the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and
Never Too Late: How I quit after 30 years
For 30 years, Clay slid further and further into his addiction. Nothing could stop him—not his father’s suicide, not his girlfriend’s murder, not his numerous failed attempts at sobriety. But on his sixth trip to The Salvation Army’s addiction recovery
Created For Freedom: The transformative power of creative arts in prison fellowship
Intro: In Norco, part of Riverside County, California, the prison known as “Hotel California” is home to about 3,400 male inmates. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation houses inmates, while programs like those led by Prison Fellowship work to transform
Reclaiming Dignity: How personal relationships are changing lives in Montana
The Salvation Army in Helena, Montana, is meeting needs with its Life Empowerment Program, which helps homeless and at-risk men, women and families get back on their feet. The program provides temporary housing and helps in the search for permanent
Promoted to Glory: How The Salvation Army raised me
Homeless. Abandoned. Molested. All by the age of 12. When the police found young Lynn McCoy alone in a Greyhound bus station in 1952, hiding in a toilet stall, there was no one to call. So they called The Salvation Army.
No Way Out
Some think that all people doing sex work are doing so by choice. As our subject anonymously shares, she was only 16 when she gave birth to her daughter and was coerced into a life of sex work. With this
Perfect Peace: How a cynical man became a fanatical believer
Hector grew up going to church but he never really took it seriously. He constantly rebelled and lived life his own way until he felt there was something missing in his life. Watch the video to see how he decided that
Walk of Faith: A blind veteran finds his sight in paradise
Mark, a veteran of Desert Storm, developed severe cataracts in both eyes, nearly blinding him, which caused him to lose his job, his housing, and his way of life. Suddenly homeless on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Mark would walk 23
Campfire Stories: Brian
There were times in Brian's youth that he was bullied so terribly he didn't even want to live. It wasn't until coming to a Salvation Army summer camp that he realized God's profound love for him was deeper than any