Donations at food banks on Prince Edward Island have hit new lows, organizers say. Demand at the Summerside Salvation Army has spiked while donations have decreased, The Salvation Army is the main food bank for Prince Edward Island’s second largest … Read more
“The ranks of the hungry continue to grow every day,” says Marj Montgomery, community and family services co-ordinator for The Salvation Army in Summerside, P.E.I. “It’s sad, it’s disturbing and there is little sign of an end in sight.”
PEI – The Salvation Army food bank and soup kitchen in Summerside may have to start cutting back on what it is handing out to people coming for help. Marj Montgomery, the community and family services co-ordinator in Prince County, … Read more
P.E.I. – More people needed help heating their homes on P.E.I. this year, says the Salvation Army, which runs the provincial home heating assistance program. The province put $200,000 into the program this winter, and some private businesses made contributions … Read more
Charlottetown PEI – The impact of high heating-oil prices has landed with a thud on apartment dwellers and other Islanders who live in rental units, thanks to a recent decision by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. IRAC is allowing … Read more
April 1st, 2008 – P.E.I. – Maj. Derrick Barrow of the Salvation Army has been hearing one chilling story after another during a long, cold winter that has now spilled into a shivering spring. In his five years on P.E.I., … Read more
March 18th, 2008 – PEI – Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Salvation Army on Prince Edward Island ever since the agency got a $200,000 government boost to help families pay for heating oil. Since the provincial … Read more
March 12th, 2008 – P.E.I. – The Salvation Army on P.E.I. will be able to help more people heat their houses following a $200,000 contribution from the government announced Tuesday. Maj. Derrick Barrow of the Salvation Army in Charlottetown told … Read more