“With the slumping economy the demand for Salvation Army services is up 10-30% in every province,“ says Andrew Burditt, Salvation Army Public Relations Director for Canada and Bermuda. “As layoffs and plant closures occur, those who once supported The Salvation … Read more
From January 16–21, 2009, it was the privilege of Commissioner William W. Francis to lead the India Eastern Territory’s Brengle Institute at The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters in Aizawi, Mizoram. The Brengle Institute brings Salvation Army leaders together for short, … Read more
Do you believe family literacy programs help to break the cycle of low literacy, poverty and hopelessness? Salvation Army literacy programs across the country are promoting the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family during … Read more
It’s a lifeline for people who call the streets home. The 15 Below Jacket is designed to withstand temperatures of up to -15 C. Biting snow, wind and temperatures below freezing are hard on the homeless. In Canada more than … Read more
At the edge of the Arctic Circle, in Iqaluit, Nunavut’s homeless people line up every night at The Salvation Army Oqota Emergency Shelter desperate for a bed.
Jan 22 – TOR – Donors across Canada defied expectations of a charitable giving slowdown by donating a record $16 million to Salvation Army Christmas Kettles in 2008, exceeding last year’s $14.3 million by nearly 12 percent. Funds raised will … Read more
When it’s cold, it’s a matter of life and death. As temperatures plunge, Salvation Army shelters from coast to coast are finding more space for people who live on the streets. No one is turned away.
Jan 15 – TOR – Award winning advertising guru Steve Mykolyn was walking home from a Toronto Raptor’s basketball game one February night in 2007 when his 17-year-old son stopped to give change to a man huddled on a heating … Read more
Jan 14 – TOR – To assist Chilliwack-area families affected by recent flooding, the Canadian Tire Foundation for Families and the Chilliwack Canadian Tire store is donating more than $7,500 in cleaning supplies. The cleaning kits will be donated through … Read more
“After years spent in an alcoholic haze I knew I had to change, or die. I was the homeless guy begging for a bottle of wine and a 50-cent bed in a flop house,” says Frank O’Dea, co-founder of the … Read more