{"id":9517,"date":"2020-04-06T16:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/atlantic\/covid-19\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:22:32","slug":"covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/atlantic\/2020\/04\/covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvation Army Receives $5 Million in Government Funding to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Salvation Army is grateful to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Government of Canada for $5 million in funding as part of a $100 million investment to help organizations improve access to food for Canadians facing social, economic, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMany of our more than 400 communities and family services offices across the country have seen a rise in the usage of food banks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d says Lt-Colonel John P. Murray, spokesperson for The Salvation Army in Canada. \u201cWith more and more Canadians needing our help, we are grateful to the Government of Canada for their support as we continue to deliver our life-changing services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An organization that has people at the core of its mission, The Salvation Army has taken\u00a0unprecedented measures during COVID-19\u2014altered its programs and service delivery\u2014to ensure that those who rely on them for help, stay healthy and safe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs the world continues to change, The Salvation Army\u2019s programs and services matter more than ever,\u201d says Lt-Colonel Murray. \u201cBefore COVID-19, one in seven Canadians lived in poverty. I expect that a growing number of people will need our help in the weeks and months to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Salvation Army believes that everyone needs an army\u2014to know they are not struggling alone,\u201d continues Murray. \u201cWe want to ensure them that we are committed to providing assistance and remain steadfast in helping them meet their needs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Salvation Army is grateful to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Government of Canada for $5 million in funding as part of a $100 million investment to help organizations improve access to food for Canadians facing social, economic, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cMany of our more than 400 communities and family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1008],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-9517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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