2018 Stampede Events

Posted on 13th July 2018, by Alberta
Salvation Army Glenmore Temple Band at the 2018 Stampede parade
Yahoo!! Or is it yeehaw!? The 2018 Stampede is a fun and exciting 10 days in Calgary, and The Salvation Army is there every year to celebrate with the city with a number of events. On Friday July 6, The Salvation Army Glenmore Temple Band marched in the parade – what a scorcher! The next  […]

An Officer’s Shadow Experience Leads to Greater Advocacy

Posted on 12th July 2018, by Alberta
Voice for the Voiceless - Grande Prairie
AB Home >> “I would like to state chances are that without Captain Peter Kim…I would probably have been dead by now.” -Bob Bob was struggling with an alcohol addiction. He had just graduated from a 90 day recovery program and on his way home he started drinking again. It took about one month before  […]

A Gift to do the Lord’s Work

Posted on 11th July 2018, by jmifsud
Salvation Army worker talking to an eldery woman
Leaving a bequest to The Salvation Army is the simplest way to create a legacy of everlasting hope. Meet Catherine McKenzie, one of our loyal donors who made the decision to create a legacy that reflects her living values by leaving a gift to The Salvation Army in her will. Why do you want to  […]
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16th Annual Supreme Group Salvation Army Golf Classic
AB Home >> It was a beautiful day out on the links at the Highlands Golf Club for another successful Supreme Group Salvation Army Golf Classic in Edmonton. As announced last year, the funds raised at this year’s and last year’s tournaments are going to our Pine Lake Camp for upgrades, repairs, and new programs. We  […]
group posing on new furniture
Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program May 17, 2018 – Dan Vandal, Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface Saint Vital, recently visited the Barbara Mitchell Family Resource Centre (BMFRC) to view the new furniture that was funded by the Government of Canada’s News Horizons for Seniors Program, and also took some time to chat  […]

Daniel Krupka: The Man Behind the Meals

Posted on 23rd April 2018, by jmifsud
man posing in kitchen
At a little after 11 a.m. on a Thursday morning, clients of the Winnipeg Booth Centre begin to make their way into the cafeteria on the main floor. Kitchen manager Daniel Krupka greets them all individually with a smile. “I pretty much grew up in the food industry, since I was about 14 years old,”  […]

Volunteering with The Salvation Army

Posted on 20th April 2018, by jmifsud
woman sitting in office
SASKATOON, SK – “I always have a good day on my volunteering days” These are words we love to hear when a volunteer speaks about the time they are giving to The Salvation Army.  Ashleigh Mattern is a volunteer we obtained through Sum Theatre and Persephone Theatre’s involvement with the Compassion to Action movement. Focused  […]