For 44 years, in both Canada and internationally, Salvation Army officers/pastors Colonels Robert and Marguerite Ward improved lives and gave new hope to society’s most vulnerable. Their key voices brought about positive change in policy, attitudes, and behaviour relating to critical social issues. The Wards entered honourable retirement in May 2013 and SalvationArmy.ca met with […]
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Tom Morrison had mixed feelings about going to summer camp. Little did he know the experience would take his life in a direction he never would have imagined. “When I was six my parents sent me to The Salvation Army’s camp in Jackson’s Point, Ont., to get rid of me for a week,” Tom laughs. […]
With an estimated 165,000 nonprofits and charities in Canada, why do people give to The Salvation Army? One man tells his story. In East Asia Robert* grew up in a well-to-do family. His father, a master baker, owned a successful business in a thriving area of town. But when corruption eroded in the community, Robert’s […]
TORONTO, May 29, 2013 /CNW/ – The Salvation Army and MOLLY MAID will once again be joining forces this summer as MOLLY MAID collects non-perishable food items to help restock depleted Salvation Army food bank shelves all across Canada. Last year, more than 1.8 million Canadians received assistance from The Salvation Army. On average, approximately […]
It began with a group of people and an idea. Then the initiators rallied their coworkers. Since its inception in 2006, TELUS Day of Giving has mobilized more than 65,000 Canadian team members, retirees, family and friends to volunteer on the front-lines of the communities they live, work and serve in. On the last Saturday […]
It’s a fact. More than three million Canadians live in poverty and wake everyday to the reality of broken dreams. While the typical Canadian dream is to obtain an education, job, house and family, those enduring hardship have different visions. They dream of affordable, nutritious food; sleeping somewhere other than on a relative’s couch; wearing […]
Each week there are new faces at the Army’s street ministry van just outside of Montreal’s Verdun metro station. And beyond soup, sandwiches, sweets and coffee, visitors are finding friendship. “People at frightening levels of poverty have come to trust The Salvation Army,” says Nancy Mercier, case worker with the Army. Often related to difficulties […]
Inequality, and not just poverty, lessens equal life chances. A fair and just society doesn’t mean equal outcomes for everyone. But what it does mean is that all individuals should have the opportunity to live in dignity, to participate in the community, to be free of discrimination, and to have equal rights. We live in […]
It’s worrisome! A recent Toronto Star article did the research. When it comes to health care, people are more likely to see a family doctor if they are wealthy versus being a welfare recipient. A new study examined the way 375 Toronto doctors’ offices responded to callers looking for a family physician. “The findings indicate […]
Salvation Army Thrift Stores across Canada want to encourage the public to help better their local communities by positively impacting the lives of those less fortunate. Through the ‘Help Give February A Heart’ campaign, residents in communities across the country can show compassion and care simply by cleaning out their closets, basements and garages and […]