Why should charities care about blockchain and cryptocurrency?
A lot of the same reasons they value building for the future. You’ve probably heard about Bitcoin. It’s the currency of the future. The technology that will transform the world. The investment opportunity of a lifetime. It’s also highly volatile. A gamble.
Why food is one of the best ways to teach kids about culture
Cooking our way to understanding Food functions as a universal language, illustrating the history and culture of the place it represents while opening minds, raising awareness and encouraging diversity. And in teaching kids about other countries, many turn to food, leading
Providing counsel, preventing secondary trauma
It’s important to deal with grief and pain—even when they’re not your own. They sat in the hospital waiting room for days, surrounded by those whose loved ones were on the brink of life and death. Lt. Colonel Sheryl Tollerud wasn’t
A text for help
Crisis Text Line engages with texters in moments of crisis and compiles data on the anonymous raw language texters use to teach us when crises are likely to happen and help to prepare for them. Founded in 2013 by Nancy Lublin,
Salvation Army helps battle San Diego’s Hepatitis A outbreak
Vaccination clinics, hand-washing stations and outreach events are part of a coordinated effort to contain the deadly disease. Since last spring, San Diego County, California, has played reluctant host to the nation’s second-largest outbreak of hepatitis A in decades. And through
Vet loses sight, regains vision with help of The Salvation Army
Mark Saxon was an infantry doctor in Iraq, Desert Storm, before leaving the military in 1991 as he was beginning to lose his vision from cataracts. “It covers over the eyes so you can’t really see out of the eye
How to really hear someone in a time of polarization
“It is easy to become overly invested in conveying our viewpoint—and when that happens, we stop listening.” Here are a few tips to help you reach across the aisle. I'm right, you’re wrong. I'm good, you’re bad. When we demonize or idolize,
Taking a crack at the opioid crisis
The Salvation Army and HealthSource chiropractic franchise partner to raise awareness of natural alternatives to opioids. As the number of drug-related deaths in the U.S. continue to rise at record pace, many nonprofits and businesses are finding creative solutions to reduce
Called to community
We long for unity, but what does that really look like and how do we find it? What is community? Community, Merriam-Webster says, is a unified body of individuals. After further delineations and demarcations, the dictionary entry concludes with “community: ‘a social
On the Corner
Accepting responsibility by Robert Docter, Editor-In-Chief - I got rid of 2005 the other day. I’m speaking, of course, of the large calendar on the door of our refrigerator that administers the affairs of the entire family. All the notations of birthdays, duly
What I love about The Salvation Army
Soldier's View There are a catalog of reasons why we enjoy being soldiers in The Salvation Army. Since sound Biblical teaching tops our list for a church fellowship, the Army’s Christ-centered doctrine is mandatory. Christianity, for us, is more than another
Hole in one!
Body Builder by Terry Camsey, Major - This is a time for making resolutions, if you have a mind to do so and a will to stick with what, otherwise, are nothing but daydreams. A while ago I acquired the following from