Kettle Campaigns are heating up across the Maritimes as the busy Christmas season continues to unfold. On Saturday, Dec. 10, Scotiabank made headway in Woodstock, NB, by presenting The Salvation Army with a cheque for $5,000. As per the past several years, Scotiabank participates in the kettle campaign at this location by taking over the  […]

Dispatches connects visitors to the Maritime Division website to first-person perspectives from Salvation Army officers and staff around the region. This edition’s is penned by Captain Chad Ingram. Originally from Arnold’s Cove, N.L., Capt. Ingram has served in the Salvation Army for 10 years. He is currently posted with his wife, Captain Kathleen Ingram, in  […]

More than 2,000 Nova Scotia families will find it easier to heat their homes this winter thanks to a $400,000 donation by the province to the Salvation Army’s Good Neighbour Energy Fund. The funding, announced today by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations Minister John MacDonell (pictured above right, with Major Doug Hefford, Divisional Commander  […]

For Salvation Army Officers, the chance to attend the International College for Officers is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Located in London, UK, the ICO invites select officers from around the world for an eight week sabbatical period that officers opportunities for spiritual renewal, study and reflection. Major Morris Vincent, Southern Area Commander for The Maritime Division,  […]

Wednesday marked one of the busiest days of the year for The Salvation Army in HRM, as Christmas assistance hampers were handed out to families in need throughout the community. Salvation Army officers, staff and scores of volunteers mobilized at six locations around HRM to help distribute the hampers. The sites included Salvation Army locations  […]

The Salvation Army distributed its Christmas support hampers on Wednesday in HRM, but before anything could be handed out, it all needed to be packed. For the past several years, The Salvation Army has partnered with the military in Halifax to help pack Christmas hampers and load trucks to send the hampers to their distribution  […]

The Halifax Centre of Hope hosted its annual Feast of Christmas community supper last week. A highlight of the Christmas calendar, the Feast offered 300 members of the community a warm Christmas meal heading into the holidays. The event was staffed by a number of volunteers, Salvation Army officers and members of The Salvation Army’s  […]

The Empire Theatres Toy Drive in HRM has wrapped up for another year, producing a mountain of toys that will now end up under the trees of children here in our community. All toys donated at the Empire Theatres Toy Drive will now head to The Salvation Army’s Community and Family Services Halifax to be  […]

Santa’s annual pre-Christmas workout took place last week as the Santa Shuffle hit roads, sidewalks and trails around the Maritimes. Bigger than ever, this year the Santa Shuffle took place in five different communities around the Maritimes. Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John were back again, joined by Charlottetown which brought the race to Prince  […]

The Empire Theatres Toy Drive is in full swing in HRM and the mountain of toys at the Empire Theatres Dartmouth Crossing and Bayers Lake locations continues to grow. The Empire Theatres Toy Drive has been a holiday tradition in HRM for the past 14 years. Each year, Empire teams with local radio stations to  […]