Territorial Executive Council meets for training, visioning
By Janene Zielinski, Major - Thirty-six members of the Western Territory’s Territorial Executive Council—comprised of cabinet and command leaders—met together in early September for training, inspiration and visioning in their leadership. “It has been exciting to see the spirit of God
Portraits of Recovery in Alaska
By Robert DeBerry - The Salvation Army Alaska Division is highlighting the stories of real people battling addiction in the state. The individuals featured are in recovery at The Salvation Army Clitheroe Program, both in the Alaska Department of Corrections and
Bell Oasis Apartments open in Southern California
The event marks a significant expansion of the Bell Shelter grounds. By Kristin Marguerite Doidge - If “home is where the heart is,” then the residents of the new Donald and Priscilla Hunt Apartments at Bell Oasis in Bell, California, are about
How one man embraces ‘saved to serve’
ARC grad finds healing, dedicates himself to helping others find it too through the Phoenix Citadel Corps. By Kristin Marguerite Doidge - It’s been seven years since Scotty Mechlin became sober, but not a day goes by that he doesn’t remember
West creates new section for communications
The Western Territory has a new impetus for effective communication following the creation of a territorial section to focus the territory’s message. “The Communications Section is an outgrowth of both the advice of our Territorial Advisory Board and the proliferation
San Francisco Kroc Center helps clean up Tenderloin neighborhood
Salvation Army staff team up with neighbors to make their block safer. By Vivian Lopez - A year ago, crime outside the doors of The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in San Francisco was the norm. But a group
Boxer’s big win adds to legacy of Modesto Red Shield
The center’s boxing program has a history of success with amateur and pro boxers. By Vivian Lopez - Pro boxer Rodney Hernandez came to The Salvation Army Modesto (California) Red Shield Center in November 2017 and told the center’s head boxing coach
L.A. Sparks redesign project turns apartments into homes
By Hillary Jackson - Structured gray tweed sofas, patterned mustard accent pillows and framed succulent prints—things you’d probably expect to find in a West Elm catalog, not a shelter for youth coming out of foster care or escaping street life. A recent
Prayer shawl ministry covers cadets in love
Woman knits to comfort others. By Hillary Jackson - When Pat Park found out she had breast cancer seven years ago, she was afraid and started praying. A Salvation Army officer gifted her with a prayer shawl she crocheted along with the
Santa Monica Bridge House encourages growth in recovery
Facility helps ARC beneficiaries transition to life out of the program By Hillary Jackson - When Jason was finishing up his program at the Santa Monica Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC), it was obvious he wanted more than just sobriety—he wanted a relationship
The Salvation Army’s history of doughnuts
Since 1917, when a cheerful Salvation Army lassie handed a fresh doughnut to a homesick doughboy in France, the Salvation Army doughnut has symbolized loving concern for those in the armed forces. In 1917, young Helen Purviance, an ensign in The
How The Salvation Army helped reunite two siblings
West’s Missing Persons department connects a sister to a brother she didn’t know existed. By Samuel Hill - After her mother’s death in March 2015, Lisa Bayard, 60, found a single envelope in the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet. Inside was