Dallas’ Carr P. Collins Social Service Center celebrates its 30th anniversary with a major fundraiser
The Doing the Most Good breakfast surpassed its goal by $85,000 By Janine Zuniga - A Dallas fundraiser has brought in over $185,000 for a local Salvation Army service center. The Doing the Most Good Breakfast benefited and celebrated The Dallas Salvation Army's
The people’s General
By Bob Docter - The Lord certainly asked much of her. She always delivered with courage, commitment, skill, knowledge and excellent tact. She had a personal magnetism that drew people to her. There was an indescribable warmth in her relationships with those
Agriculture as livelihood
Officer conducts practical research to develop a best practices tool for income generation projects. By Brenda Murray, Major - As the car door opened, and my foot touched the ground, I prayed, “Lord, help me be an encouragement and a blessing today”
Adding warmth and safety to cold winter nights
The R.J. Montgomery Center in Colorado Springs opened an additional winter shelter in partnership with the city. By Caramie Schnell - As a result of frostbite following two brutally cold evenings outside in winter 2013, two Colorado Springs homeless men are now
The ‘joy’ of LA
The Salvation Army Alegria provides a clean, safe environment for homeless families with special needs in the heart of Los Angeles. By Chadwick Phillips - The Salvation Army Alegria, located in the heart of Los Angeles, opened its doors in 2001 and
Chico dedicates new transitional housing
New Salvation Army homes to aid single-parent families in recovery. By Sydney Fong - The Chico Corps recently hosted a dedication event to celebrate the new Ann and Emmett Skinner Transitional Living Program (TLP), constructed in 2014 by student volunteers from California
The Salvation Army and K-LOVE partner for EDS training
Training aims at engaging community members interested in volunteering with The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army and Alaska K-LOVE, a Christian radio station in Anchorage, teamed up to offer free Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) trainings for emergency first responders and
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Meet Laura Goodrick
El Cajon Corps volunteer By Lizeth Beltran - Each day spent in the station wagon was one more day the children had to endure without a home or food. With four children to take care of, and one more on the way,
Homelessness hits record high in New York City
Over 60,000 people face homelessness in the nation's largest city. By Robert Mitchell - Nilamon Santos and her family found themselves homeless last year after the owner of their Bronx, N.Y., apartment sold the building and Santos lost her job. Finding another place
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Meet Clarence Ing
Hawaii and Pacific Islands volunteer Last year, The Salvation Army Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division served more than 2,000 Thanksgiving meals on O’ahu. An Army with such muscle would not be able to carry out the island state’s largest Thanksgiving meal
‘The dress’ ad reaches 16 million
The Salvation Army South Africa capitalizes on a social media phenomenon to raise awareness of abuse. An innovative Salvation Army campaign in South Africa to raise awareness of domestic abuse took social media by storm. Only a few hours after a
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Meet Ruby Taylor
Sacramento County volunteer By Sydney Fong - Ruby Taylor started volunteering with The Salvation Army’s Sacramento County operations nearly four years ago, after finding out that her mother was volunteering. Then a recent retiree, Taylor began spending Tuesdays packing food boxes with the