{"id":8187,"date":"2023-05-29T17:30:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/atlantic\/providing-comfort-and-hope-the-salvation-armys-emergency-response-in-halifax\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:21:34","slug":"providing-comfort-and-hope-the-salvation-armys-emergency-response-in-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/atlantic\/2023\/05\/providing-comfort-and-hope-the-salvation-armys-emergency-response-in-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Providing Comfort and Hope: The Salvation Army&#8217;s Emergency Response in Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3sjjm\" data-offset-key=\"1c3fb-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"1c3fb-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1c3fb-0-0\">The Salvation Army has deployed volunteers and workers to provide hot meals and emotional and spiritual care to anyone in need at the temporary shelter and comfort center located at the Canada Games Center in Halifax.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3sjjm\" data-offset-key=\"csr4-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"csr4-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"csr4-0-0\">\n<p>\u201cFor us it\u2019s all about the people,\u201d says John Bignell, The Salvation Army\u2019s EDS coordinator for Nova Scotia. \u201cWe want every person who comes to us to walk away with a full belly and the knowledge that we are here for them doing the best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Salvation Army prides itself on being a community driven organization. Our volunteers and workers live in the same communities they give hope to, so when we deploy in an emergency situation it is not strangers we are assisting. It is friends, neighbors and family. 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