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There are several ways you can join us as a Behind the Shield volunteer. We rely on volunteers from all backgrounds and experience level to assist in our shelters, food banks, churches, thrift stores, social service centres and more. Depending on your interests and the skills you would like to build or share, there are  […]

Starting a new school year can make students feel excited, anxious, relieved, and many other emotions. Although this year’s back-to-school experience will be entirely different, those experiencing poverty, including 560,000 Canadian children, face even more stressors this season.  Nationwide, many children from low or fixed-income households will be without proper school supplies because their parents  […]

Volunteer With Us Uplift humanity, inspire hope and transform lives through the power of volunteering. As a volunteer, you have the opportunity to make a lasting impact. For more than 100 years we’ve counted on volunteers to support the work of The Salvation Army in communities all over the world. Whether it’s by serving a meal,  […]

There's no better time than Father's Day to honour dads who always look out for their children. Noe’s warehouse job had been reduced to a part-time, on-call position, when his wife, ZoZo, prematurely gave birth to triplets. The babies had complications, and it was uncertain whether one would survive.    Overwhelmed by fear and anxious  […]

For people experiencing homelessness, moving into a place with four walls and a roof over their heads is life-changing. But shelter alone doesn’t make a home, and The Salvation Army in Lethbridge, Alta., is providing them with furniture and all the essentials needed for setting up a new place of residence. In partnership with the  […]

June 20, 2014, marks one year since Canadians watched helplessly as powerful, high flood waters unleashed destruction on Calgary and much of southern Alberta, leaving more than a dozen towns declaring a state of emergency. Today, residents are still picking up the pieces of their lives and are, understandably, on edge when a lot of  […]

Update November 15: With the mass transport of relief supplies to the typhoon-devastated city of Tacloban still proving very difficult, The Salvation Army in The Philippines is working on alternative methods to get help to the thousands of people who are in desperate need. Teams of Salvation Army volunteers are providing life-saving items such as  […]

The Ottawa Sun sat down with Michael Maidment days into his new role heading the Ottawa Food Bank. Q. What has surprised you in your first week? A. Going into the warehouse and seeing 21,000 square feet of food and starting to appreciate and understand, looking at those boxes, what that really means to nearly  […]

November 20 – A team of 12 Canadians, consisting of trained officers/pastors, employees and volunteers from across Canada, are providing relief to the American Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Teams, who have worked tirelessly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, so they can celebrate the American Thanksgiving. “It’s clear that Hurricane Sandy was, and continues to  […]

Oakville, ON. People’s lives change when they’re treated with dignity. On Wednesday, October 17, 2012, BioPed clinicians and staff across Canada will open their hearts and their hands to children and adults in need of footwear and socks. Through the company’s goodytwoshoes foundation, more than 100 professionals donate their time and expertise to improve the  […]