Kenora Residents Help Salvation Army

Posted on 26th July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
The Salvation Army received help from Kenora residents today (July 25), as they worked to get donations for their food bank. Special Events coordinator, Mark Duggan says that the community really helped the organization. “Kenora’s come out again. The theme was fill that van, and the van is now full. The Salvation Army is very  […]
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Clothing Drives Garners Incredible Support for Salvation Army

Posted on 25th July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
At a time when Salvation Army Thrift Stores need it most, a clothing drive at Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth, N.S., is producing incredible returns, helping replenish critically low clothing supplies. The Big Scale Summer Sale promotion began on Thursday, July 19, and encourages Mic Mac Mall patrons to bring gently used clothing to the  […]
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Breakfast TV Toronto Features Burlington Thrift Store

Posted on 24th July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
On Wednesday, August 1, Toronto’s Breakfast TV Live Eye with Jennifer Valentine will broadcast from The Salvation Army’s Burlington Thrift Store. From 7 – 9 a.m. four segments will feature the production room (with Salvation Army spokesperson Jerome DeGraaf),a home decor vignette, an interview with Major Gary Brown, The Salvation Army’s PR director for the  […]
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Peace Bus Stops at Salvation Army Thrift Store

Posted on 23rd July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
On Wednesday, July 18, 11 teens ranging from ages 14 to 16 spent the day volunteering at the Mississauga Thrift Store. But these are no ordinary group of kids, the young volunteers are participants in the Windsor Salt C2C Peace Bus Project which involves a cross-Canada mission to educate and inspire action among Canadians for  […]
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Salvation Army Hosts Olympic Venue for Mountain Biking

Posted on 23rd July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
The Salvation Army’s Hadleigh Farm in Hadleigh, Essex, is the venue for the London 2012 mountain bike event, August 11 and 12. For more than 120 years the special education needs training centre and working farm has removed barriers to employment. The Salvation Army is playing a major role during London 2012 Olympic Games by  […]
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Donations Down at Salvation Army

Posted on 20th July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
Donations of household items and clothing are down by an estimated 50 per cent this summer, compared to last year at this time at the Salvation Army’s thrift stores in Abbotsford and Mission. Spokesperson Deb Lowell said this decrease means the agency is not only having difficulty providing supplies to people for whom it finds  […]
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Salvation Army Sends Chilliwack Kids to Camp

Posted on 19th July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
Camp Sunrise is like any other sleep-away camp – kids running around from dawn to dusk, screaming with glee at the different crafts, sports, and activities filling their days, singing ’til their lungs go dry, and forming lifelong friendships – but with one difference. For the kids at Camp Sunrise, their families don’t have the  […]
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Dartmouth Mall Supports The Salvation Army

Posted on 17th July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
This month, residents of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, can donate to help their community and upgrade their wardrobe at no cost, thanks to a unique shopping event being hosted by Mic Mac Mall. From July 19 through to July 29th, Mic Mac Mall, located at 21 MicMac Blvd., will be hosting the Big Scale Summer Sale  […]
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Girl sells lemonade for Hamilton food bank

Posted on 16th July 2012, by
It’s a few minutes before the start of a Hamilton Tiger Cats game, and Grace DelFine is doing brisk business. The seven-year-old is running a lemonade stand at her uncle Dave’s house across from Ivor Wynne Stadium. She’s already earned about $60. But the money isn’t going in her pocket. Grace’s lemonade stand is benefiting  […]
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More Canadians are Taking Vacations

Posted on 16th July 2012, by SalvationArmy.ca
According to BMOs 2012 Summer Travel Survey the vast majority (84 per cent) of Canadians polled plan to take a vacation in 2012 – up five per cent from 2011. Nearly half (44 per cent) of respondents said affordability is the primary driver of their vacation plans and summer travel destinations. What has, if anything,  […]
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