Vernon, B.C. – A local food drive is going to extreme heights this week. Jim Tennant, Save on Foods store manager; David MacBain of the Salvation Army; Kelly Kedrosky, Village Green Centre marketing director and Scott Adam, VGC manager, will be camping out up on the rooftop of Save on Foods to raise food and  […]

A $200,000 donation from a local businessman will allow the Salvation Army to take over operation of a Charlottetown homeless shelter for men. Capt. Jamie Locke says a man asking to remain anonymous is donating $100,000 to cover initial start-up costs including renovations and transfer of ownership. A further $100,000 donation will be made in  […]

The Chilliwack Chiefs and the Salvation Army have teamed up for a charity golf tournament to be held Sept. 27 at the Chilliwack Golf and Country Club. Money from the tournament will go towards the lease of a new three-ton reefer truck desperately needed by the Upper Valley Salvation Army Food Bank Program. Read more

The General has given approval to the opening of Salvation Army work in Greenland as from 8 August 2012, bringing the number of countries in which the Army officially operates to 125. Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. The Army’s work in Greenland will thus be under the supervision of the  […]

The Annual Review is the story of your donations at work. At the end of each day, The Salvation Army has helped thousands of broken people whose lives have been assaulted. Clear, transparent information in this Annual Review will tell you all about it. Last year 1.8 million people were helped by The Salvation Army  […]

Dunnville, Ont. – Although there were looming clouds during the early evening of Sept. 7 the show went on. “Sleep in the Park lets people know how others live,” said Tabitha Battenburg, a volunteer at the event’s information booth. As the evening progressed the crowds increased, raising over $6,500 for the Salvation Army in one  […]

Grande Prairie – Last year, volunteers in the annual Rotary Food-Bank Drive brought in 140,000 food items to replenish the Salvation Army Food Bank. The September 18th drive gets started at 5 o’clock with teams meeting at the D-Coy Armories — that’s where maps and other supplies are doled out. Organizers hope they see those  […]

Jackson, MS – The Salvation Army is most appreciative of oil giant BP’s donation to support relief efforts related to Isaac, which lashed Louisiana and Mississippi with flooding rains and wind. BP’s $1M donation will be made to the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army and divided equally between the two hard-hit states. In  […]

Back-to-school help in Halifax is a community effort. Linda Elliott started giving away supplies from her Bedford home, starting with about 12 backpacks. She partnered with the Salvation Army three years ago. Almost 150 brand-new backpacks full of pencils, paper, binders, crayons, glue and other school supplies were given to struggling families Wednesday at the  […]

As Tropical Storm Isaac slowly moves northward through Louisiana, Salvation Army personnel are in impacted regions along the Gulf Coast. The storm, which made landfall as a hurricane, has caused significant flooding throughout the region including in Plaquemines Parish, about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans. The Salvation Army has been providing food and hydration  […]