Go CANUCKS Go! Thanks to the Vancouver Canucks for sharing the spirit with our clients down at Harbour Light Vancouver.

… for our Third Annual Garden Party! We invite you to enjoy strawberry shortcake | listen to fine music & hear the hospice story. Come celebrate on June 19th | 2011 from 2pm – 4pm Short program begins at 2.15pm ( For additional information regarding this event, please contact the hospice: 604.207.1212 )  

Thank you to Ruth Tubbesing who shared this picture she captured last January on a Vancouver rooftop.  Among the grey clouds and rainbow, is The Salvation Army.

Over a four-week period, Salvation Army Thrift Stores throughout Western Canada held a fundraising ‘Send a Kid to Camp’ initiative. From April 14th to May 14th, donations were collected at participating stores and, through the public’s generosity, 101 kids will get to go to camp this summer – kids who would otherwise normally not have  […]

On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, BioPed closed its clinic doors, sharing clinicians and staff to chosen Salvation Army shelters nationwide to distribute footwear and conduct routine foot assessments and foot-related education for those individuals who do not have access to adequate foot care or footwear.  “We often take footwear for granted,” said Robin Schleien, President  […]

Currently in Victoria, The Salvation Army provides shelter beds, a seniors’ facility along with transitional housing, but plan on adding two more programs to help people in the community where there is need. Major Brian Venables shared with a capacity crowd of 250 people at the annual Salvation Army luncheon, held at the Delta Ocean  […]

Donations for victims of a Vernon apartment fire are now being accepted at a local, Salvation Army Thrift Store located at 4402 27th Street – items in need are donations of household articles and clothing for adults and children. The Salvation Army is also providing thrift store vouchers to the families.

The Salvation Army has announced May as Dignity Month in support of The Dignity Project and our annual Red Shield Campaign.  The Dignity Project launched in March with the primary goal of educating the public about the reality of poverty in today’s day and age – emphasizing the belief that everyone is entitled to the  […]

On Saturday April 9th and Friday April 29th, 2011, The Salvation Army welcomed volunteers from Starbucks Coffee Canada into two of our facilities to clean up and revitalize areas that needed some TLC. First up was the grounds at Matson Sequoia; low income housing run by The Salvation Army in Victoria. The second was the  […]

The BMO MasterCard Cheer Challenge welcomed The Salvation Army’s Vocal Adrenaline team comprised of members from Vancouver’s Belkin House and Divisional Head Office.  Cheer teams were located throughout the course and were there to cheer on participants of the Marathon, Half Marathon and Competitive Walk!  Groups were judged on creativity, spirit and enthusiasm with all  […]