Once a month, a blue and white bus pulls into the parking lot of The Salvation Army’s Evangeline Residence, a 90-bed shelter for women in Toronto’s west end. The van doesn’t carry office supplies or food items. It’s stocked with periodontal probes, dental drills and syringes. Through a partnership between The Salvation Army and the  […]

Based on surveys filled out by most of the approximately 600 residential shelter facilities in Canada, a Statistics Canada study found that on a given night, about 3,300 women across the country were sleeping in shelters to escape abuse. Shelters are more than a safe place to stay. They provide vital services and resources that  […]

Estevan Salvation Army Lieutenant Brian Bobolo says numbers have been increasing for the Warm Welcome shelter in the last couple of weeks. “We are really concerned with people out there who are living in subpar conditions, and we want to make sure they’re warm, well-fed and part of the Warm Welcome community,” says Bobolo. Men  […]

Saint John – The number of people who used a homeless shelter in Saint John ballooned by 25 per cent last year, with a noted increase in youth. “That’s hundreds of people who don’t have safe, predictable, long-term housing,” said Randy Hatfield, executive director of the Human Development Council. The average stay at the local  […]

At the Salvation Army providing food and shelter is always a priority.

On Tuesday, December 11, hundreds of volunteers from Invis-Mortgage Intelligence, Canada’s leading mortgage brokerage firm, will take to city streets across Canada to donate new winter clothing and supplies to those in need as part of its trademark community program, Angels in the Night. This annual event is the culmination of 12 months of community  […]

Campbell River – The Salvation Army’s Extreme Weather Shelter likely won’t be open every night this winter after a city committee turned down the Salvation Army’s request for funding. The non-profit Christian organization, which runs a cold weather shelter for the city’s most vulnerable, applied for a $45,000 Community Partnership grant-in-aid to extend its shelter  […]

According to local estimates from The Salvation Army and police, there are between 20 and 45 homeless people either living in their cars or in parks or near the railroad. Brenna Nickel, a minister with St. Paul’s United Church, has partnered up with The Salvation Army and local volunteers to turn the United Church’s auditorium  […]

Several of Estevan’s church groups are coming together to bring some of the less fortunate people in from the cold. Starting in December and running until the end of February, St. Paul’s United Church auditorium will host the Warm Welcome project. The goal is to have a safe and warm place for people who would  […]

Working through local Salvation Army shelters in Ontario, British Colombia, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, BioPed associates will fit and distribute thousands of pairs of shoes during a day-long event on Wednesday, Oct. 17. “The Goody2Shoes campaign aims to give the gift of comfort, activity and better foot health to thousands of Canadians,” stated a  […]