It’s time once again to lace up the sneakers and start training – the Santa Shuffle fun run is just three months away. An annual tradition to ring in the Christmas season, the event offers a five-kilometre run, or a one-kilometre walk, all taking place on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. This year’s event will take  […]

The Salvation Army is pleased to announce that the third annual Saint John Hope in the City Breakfast will take place on Friday, Nov.14, at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre. This year’s event will bring together community leaders for a morning of networking, education and entertainment, and will feature keynote speaker Captain Richard  […]

The Open Arms Centre got ready to kick off the new school year on Friday, hosting a registration event that featured food and fun for children and adults alike. Families enjoyed a barbecue, face painting, games, prizes and even a bouncy castle, turning a run-of-the-mill registration into much more. Located in downtown Halifax, in Uniacke  […]

The Salvation Army handed out more than 150 backpacks full of school supplies to children from low-income families at its Community and Family Services location in Halifax on Tuesday. The children received a backpack full of supplies to start the school year. The backpacks included pencils, pens, glue, loose leaf, scribblers, binders, a lunch bag  […]

Almost 100 laptops are getting a second life in Fredericton, heading to homes in need thanks to Siemens Canada. The computers were delivered to The Salvation Army last week and some have already arrived in their new homes. Siemens Canada, an engineering and technology company, employs over 4,500 people, and like most corporations, routinely upgrades  […]

This summer, golden carrots, turnip and yellow zucchini brighten the tables of The Salvation Army’s Community and Family Services (CFS) in Charlottetown. This is thanks, in part, to the partnership with the Charlottetown Farmers Market. The vendors have begun donating the leftover produce each week that does not sell. This produce is making a big  […]

The number of people who have died in the worst Ebola outbreak in history has risen to more than 1,000. Since its initial outbreak that first began in Guinea in March 2014, the virus has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda Territory shares a partnership with Liberia and  […]

For many, the camp experience is one of the best times of childhood. The days are filled with outdoor activities, crafts, swimming, campfires and good food. But who is it that makes these fun-filled days possible? Who teaches them soccer-baseball, drama and painting? Who bandages a scraped knee, consoles them when they’re homesick and lends  […]

The Salvation Army is providing support in Yunnan Province, China, after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Sunday 3 August caused widespread devastation – particularly around Ludian County, which was the epicentre. Upwards of 600 people lost their lives in the disaster and more than 3,000 were injured. Local reports suggest that at least 80,000 houses collapsed  […]

The Halifax Centre of Hope is currently putting the finishing touches on its Hope Garden project. The project has reclaimed some outdoor space adjacent to the Centre that had fallen into disrepair, becoming a dumping ground and after-hours hang-out. Recently a new chain link fence was installed, and work began on cleaning and reorganizing the  […]