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   I try to support the Salvation Army on a regular basis when my income allows me to. The Sally Ann is always my first choice for giving. I am a son of a WW II veteren who fought with the Queens Own Rifles throughout North Africa, Sicily, Italy and up into Holland for VE Day. Dad always said the soldiers could rely on the Sally Ann for being there with needed supplies. The Sally Ann was there when other well known agencies were no where to be found.

   Bob Eakin – Vancouver
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   I try to support the Sally Ann’s whenever I can. My dad was also a WW2 vet. When I was little many years ago, the Sally Ann’s would come into the local bars to get donations and at that time, 25 cents was a good donation. My dad would get a magazine from the Sally Ann’s and always brought it home. In those days, there was always a list of missing persons in the magazine. As a youngster I never could get my head around how a person with a loving family could be missing for whatever reason. I can’t remember the name of the magazine but it was a very important one to me in those days. I asked my dad why he always got a magazine and gave a donation. My dad fought in Belgium and Holland and said that the Sally Ann’s were always there on the front lines with them giving them coffee and socks and he never forgot their generosity. From those times though, he never liked the Red Cross who he says were 5 miles back behind the front lines selling socks to the soldiers.