Salvation Army Housing and Homeless Supports Provide Help, Healing and Hope

Posted on 5th January 2015, by SalvationArmy.ca
Salvation Army Housing and Homeless Supports provide help, healing and hope
Every night, at least 30,000 Canadians sleep on the streets, in an emergency shelter or in temporary accommodations. Thousands more live in precarious situations, at risk for homelessness. In Toronto, five Salvation Army shelters—Maxwell Meighen Centre, Hope Shelter, Gateway, Florence Booth House and Evangeline Residence—offer an open door, welcome and support to people in crisis.  […]

Salvation Army Booth Centre Clients Get a Boost of Self-Esteem

Posted on 13th November 2014, by SalvationArmy.ca
For one day a group of men at the Salvation Army’s Ottawa Booth Centre had the opportunity to be pampered. “Everybody deserves to feel worthy and is worthy of the help that’s out there,” said Eugene Schertzberg. Schertzberg was one of over 80 clients of The Salvation Army Ottawa Booth Centre who attended the second  […]

Rethinking Homelessness on World Homeless Day

Posted on 10th October 2014, by SalvationArmy.ca
On any given night in Canada, 30,000 Canadians have no place to stay.
On any given night in Canada, there are approximately 30,000 men, women and children who have no place to stay. In Toronto, there are close to 4,000 shelter beds being accessed by people with no homes as well as another 500 or so people who sleep outside on the street. That is just not right!  […]

Life After Homelessness

Posted on 6th October 2014, by SalvationArmy.ca
Salvation Army Housing Response Team helps chronically homeless rebuild their lives
Imagine sleeping outside in sub-zero temperatures or moving from one temporary shelter to another.  No one wants to be homeless, but 30,000 Canadians are on the streets every night. The Salvation Army provides emergency shelter and strives to help vulnerable people find, keep and live in affordable and permanent housing. Shaun’s Story A year ago,  […]

The State of Poverty in Canada: Five Staggering Statistics

Posted on 24th September 2014, by SalvationArmy.ca
Children are the innocent victims of poverty
In Canada, people of all ages face tough realities. One in seven children goes to school hungry. About 850,000 people utilize food banks each month. At least 30 thousand Canadians are homeless on any given night. More than one in 10 children are among the homeless population. One in five Canadians is worried about being  […]

Putting a Face to Canada’s Invisible

Posted on 14th August 2014, by SalvationArmy.ca
Salvation Army serves the homeless, the vulnerable...the unnoticed
Bill hadn’t seen his estranged brother Bruce since 2001. He didn’t even know if his brother was alive until he saw a Canadian Press photo feature on the people living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The project aimed to look beyond the gritty appearances of the people who inhabit the notorious neighbourhood. A photo booth was  […]
How One Man Found a Path out of Homelessness
When the recession hit Canada in the late 1990s, Ross, a multi-media producer lost his job. Unable to find steady employment, he lived off his severance package. But his worries were far from over and Ross endured hardship unimaginable to most. “My severance ran out before I filed for unemployment,” says Ross. “When I couldn’t  […]