The Salvation Army would like to thank The Golden Griddle Corporation, Eddy Rawdat and the Golden Griddle Restaurant located at 45 Carlton St, Toronto for their generous and continued support of the 2010 Red White and Blue Toy Ride. Once again, the Golden Griddle is the corporate sponsor for this event which helps raise toys for our Toy Mountain Christmas campaign. Last year the toy ride collected over 360 toys and over $8,000.

Visit www.goldengriddlecorp.com for a location nearest you.

Toronto, ON, July8, 2010 – The Salvation Army is thrilled to once again be partnering with MOLLY MAID and its customers in an effort to collect non-perishable food items to help restock depleted shelves this summer.
 
“The national economy is still recovering and in fact, the demand for services provided by The Salvation Army has increased by more than 25% over the past year,” says Graham Moore, Territorial Secretary for Public Relations and Development for The Salvation Army. “On behalf of the more than 1.5 million people that we serve each year, we are extremely grateful for the support of MOLLY MAID and its wonderful customers.”

“Our customers are extremely generous when it comes to our annual Christmas in July Food Drive,” says Amelia Mackie with the MOLLY MAID office in Mississauga, Ontario. “Most of our customers leave packages of food for our staff to pick up when they are having their home serviced.”

Franchises across the country have confirmed their participation and are collecting food throughout the monthh of July. 
 
MOLLY MAID has run other supportive initiatives in the past, including their 
annual winter coat drive. Since 2003, MOLLY MAID Franchise Owners and customers have donated nearly 100,000lbs of food to support the Salvation Army and other local food banks in numerous communities across the country. 
 
About MOLLY MAID 
MOLLY MAID was founded in Mississauga, Ontario, in 1979. From its early beginnings, MOLLY MAID has gone on to clean homes in seven countries on three continents including the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Portugal. MOLLY MAID is the largest Canadian-based cleaning company in the world. 

About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is an international Christian organization that began its work in Canada in 1882 and has grown to become the largest non-governmental direct provider of social services in the country. The Salvation Army gives hope and support to vulnerable people today and everyday in 400 communities across Canada and 121 countries around the world. The Salvation Army offers practical assistance for children and families, often tending to the basic necessities of life, provides shelter for homeless people and rehabilitation for people who have lost control of their lives to an addiction.

When you give to The Salvation Army, you are investing in the future of marginalized and overlooked people in your community.

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For further information please contact:  
 
Aaron Abrams
Director, Marketing and Business Development
MOLLY MAID INTERNATIONAL 
Phone: 905-847-6243 
aabrams@mollymaid.ca  

Or

Andrew Burditt
Territorial Public Relations Director
The Salvation Army
416-845-8231
andrew_burditt@can.salvationarmy.org

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The Salvation Army’s Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief fund received a significant boost with a generous donation from Mr. Frank Flaman of the Frank Flaman Foundation in Edmonton last Thursday.

The Divisional Commander of Alberta, Major Fred Waters, and Karen Diaper, from the Public Relations office, met with Mr. Flaman, and were thrilled to receive the $250, 000 donation.

The Frank Flaman Foundation was created to assist existing charitable organizations provide their valuable services to the community.

The Salvation Army’s work began in Haiti in 1950. Currently, services offered include 3 medical facilities, social service institutions and dozens of schools serving more than 10,000 children.

On their current tour, the hit pop rock band Honor Society is making it a priority to be personally involved in Salvation Army programs along the way. Read the full story

On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the W. Garfield Weston Foundation presented a donation of $1.5 million to The Salvation Army Homestead in Toronto, a residential recovery program for women who are struggling with substance abuse issues, for urgently needed building renovations.

The donation from the Foundation will provide much needed infrastructure renovations in the heating, plumbing and electrical systems, and the installation of an elevator will enable Homestead to support women with mobility restrictions.

“We greatly appreciate the generous support of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation,” says Major Elizabeth Price, Executive Director, Homestead. “The renovations will make our residential space cleaner, safer and brighter and will enable us to serve a broader population of women by offering new services as we give women new hope for recovery.”

The donation was made in honour of the late Miriam Burnett, who devoted 30 years of hard work as Chairman of the Foundation. Says Charles Burnett III, son of Miriam Burnett, “Over her lifetime, my mother dedicated herself to extending kindness and understanding to those in need.”

ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD

The Salvation Army Homestead, located in downtown Toronto and in Scarborough, is a residential, day and community-based program for women 18 and older who are dealing with substance abuse issues.
Treatment options are: a ten-week residential program that houses 18 clients at a time in downtown Toronto; a ten-week day treatment program at the downtown site; a ten- week day treatment program located in the heart of Scarborough.

Salvation Army programs are holistic and abstinence-based. The treatment model includes relapse prevention, life skills and twelve-step classes, group and individual counselling. Trained staff support women on their journey to recovery and self empowerment, in an atmosphere of warmth, acceptance and safety.

The Homestead also offers community-based programs for women who may not be participating in residential or day programs. They include relapse prevention, anger management and after care. It also offers a support and information groups for friends and families of its clients.

The Homestead was founded in 1955 in Toronto and was located in another building for a few years. In 1961, the present location at 78 Admiral Road, became available and has been helping women at this location since.

On Thursday January 28, The Moose 99.5 FM, in conjunction with Muskoka Lumber, The Bracebridge Examiner and the Canadian Government, opened up its phone lines and broadcast live to raise funds for the survivors of the Haitian earthquake.

Over 200 calls flooded the station’s phone lines. Every dollar donated was matched up to $50,000.00 through the support of Muskoka Lumber, and that was matched by the Canadian Government. More than $200,000 was raised and donated to The Salvation Army for its relief efforts in Haiti.

The Salvation Army says thank you to all the people of Muskoka who opened their hearts and partnered with us to help the hundreds of thousands affected by this terrible tragedy.

Over the month of December, Best Buy Canada ran a “vote for your favourite charity” contest on BestBuy.ca. $25,000 was distributed amongst select charities across Canada through the Best Buy for Kids program. The Salvation Army ended up in first place for English voting and third in French voting. Resulting in Best Buy graciously donating $13,000 to The Salvation Army

Sarah Petz of Best Buy said “With over 40,000 votes received on BestBuy.ca from across Canada, it is evident that the community wants to make a difference in the lives of children by directing donations to amazing organizations like The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army received the most votes throughout English Canada and came in third in Quebec, for a total donation of $13,000 from Best Buy. Congratulations and Merry Christmas.”

The Salvation Army wants to thank Best Buy Canada for their support of the charitable sector, for allowing Canadians to participate in the decision making process, and for their $13,000 donation to The Salvation Army!

Special thanks to all the Canadians who voted!

After hearing donations to the Salvation Army were down this Christmas – the prime time for fund-raising for social-service community organizations – Telus wrote a cheque today for $10,000 to the organization and challenged other businesses to also make last-minute Christmas donations.

“We heard they [The Salvation Army] were $500,000 behind in their goal for the B.C. region. We donate throughout the year but wanted to do a special contribution,” said Telus chief financial officer Rob McFarlane. Read full story…

Source: kelowna.com

North Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Halifax/Dartmouth, Tuesday December 22, 2009 – Walmart Canada is helping make Christmas a reality for Canadians coast-to-coast with a generous $100,000 donation to the Salvation Army’s Kettle Campaign. Read the full story