The summer of 2015 was life-altering for 18-year-old Cassie Barrett. While working at camp, she learned of her mom’s passing. “Mom’s death was so hard and upsetting,” says Cassie. “She’d had cancer before and got better. She was only 44.” Cassie’s camping experiences began at age 10 when she attended a Salvation Army music camp.  […]

In March, 2016, one long embrace ended a five-year separation among a group of Syrian newcomers seeking help at The Salvation Army’s Booth Centre in Ottawa. They were good friends from the same small community, but the last time they saw each other was in a refugee camp. Each family had assumed the other hadn’t  […]

The Circle of Hope is an annual event recognizing those who have remembered The Salvation Army in their personal estate planning. Their future gifts and ongoing commitment to the Army allows us to continue our legacy of giving hope. On Thursday May 26th, 2016, Circle of Hope members in the Greater Toronto Area gathered at  […]

This past Sunday, May 29th a group of 30 kids from The Salvation Army in Peel attended the Toronto Blue Jays Game in their Jays Care Community Clubhouse. What an experience!! The kids were given each a three in one bobble head featuring Jose Bautista, Carlos Delgado and Vernon Wells. In fact, it was Vernon  […]

For over 40 years The Salvation Army’s Booth Packaging and Supportive Services in Toronto has provided high quality contract packaging at the right price and on time. Unlike most other packing services, the men and women at Booth Packaging and Supportive Services (Booth Packaging) are participants in a vocational rehabilitation program to improve their work  […]

Edmonton, May 10, 2016 – The Salvation Army is grateful for our donors who have contributed $525,917 towards the Alberta fire response efforts. The Salvation Army’s community response vehicles continue to serve over 2,000 meals a day to first responders engaged in the Fort McMurray fire efforts. The Salvation Army is also supporting evacuees who have relocated  […]

8 year-old Sadie Ball has a kind, caring heart.  Instead of receiving gifts for her 8th birthday, Sadie asked her friends and family to bring food items to be donated to a family in need.   Sadie and her mom (Alison) dropped by The Salvation Army in Midland with her gifts.  This is her second year  […]

One day, Judy was a successful accountant. The next day, she was in a coma. “I was volunteering when I suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm,” says Judy. “I was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery to reduce bleeding and pressure. My family was called in to say goodbye.” Three weeks later, Judy woke up.  […]

What would our communities look like without volunteers? Needs might go unmet. Programs might not thrive. Services wouldn’t expand. Every day, five days a week, Terry drives people to and from medical appointments such as dialysis treatments, blood labs, cancer clinics and mental health support. He says volunteering makes him feel productive and he’s made  […]

Every Monday night, Candace Neumann serves up food to some of society’s most vulnerable people at The Salvation Army’s hot meal program in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Candace is just one of 140,000 volunteers who help The Salvation Army.   During National Volunteer Week, from April 10 to 16, we want to take time to celebrate  […]