Less than one week ago a tornado devastated the Ottawa and Gatineau areas, damaging homes and vehicles and sending several people to hospital. Within hours Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Personnel were on the ground providing hot meals and snacks to those without power, as well as emergency responders and hydro workers. “The Salvation Army will  […]

The Salvation Army is providing aid to people affected by tornadoes in the U.S. At least 39 people have been killed and many hundreds were forced from their homes. The tornado season has started unusually early this year, with more tornadoes reported on 29 February and 1 March than are normally seen in the whole  […]

Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services continues to provide 200 – 250 meals per day from the Knights of Columbus hall in the Town of Goderich, Ont., where, on August 21, a tornado wreaked havoc on the community. They are serving first responders, volunteers and citizens who are still not able to provide food for themselves.  […]

Mayor Christopher Shannon of Bay City Michigan – Sister City to Goderich, Ontario – has contacted The Salvation Army about offering help with their relief efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that ripped through that town last Sunday afternoon. Mayor Shannon says that the citizens of Bay Citizen want to do anything they  […]

The Salvation Army in the U.S. is responding to tornadoes that brought devastation across the country’s central states. Communities in Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin were particularly badly hit. Residents of Joplin, Missouri, are recovering from a tornado that hit on Sunday May 22, killing at least 122 people. A further 750 people were injured  […]

The Joplin, Missouri, tornado, that flattened a third of the city on May 22, was the deadliest single twister in the U.S. in nearly 60 years. The Salvation Army is currently conducting mass feeding efforts in Joplin. At this time, in-kind donations are not being accepted as financial donations better allow disaster responders to immediately  […]

After five days of intense service, several locations are scaling back response efforts while some locations hit particularly hard by the storms are still in need of daily feeding and spiritual care. Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) personnel continue to meet material, emotional, and spiritual needs in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, and  […]

Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) teams are responding to the destruction left by an outbreak of tornadoes that tore through the southeastern US. According to news reports, more than 190 people have lost their lives, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama has suffered a great deal of damage. More storms are tracking through N. Alabama, N.W. Georgia,  […]