TORONTO and YORK REGION – On Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 4:00pm, The Salvation Army of Central York Region will celebrate the ‘Hope for Others’ Ground Breaking Ceremony at 15338 Leslie Street, Aurora, to acknowledge the lead and pace setting gifts for the ‘Hope for Others’ Campaign. As one of the largest social service agencies  […]

The Salvation Army’s International Emergency Services team arrived in Uganda on September 10 to assist with drought relief efforts. A drought this severe has not been seen in the area for more than 60 years. Canadian officer/pastor Major Rick Shirran, a member of the team, reports: “The people of North East Uganda are facing the  […]

This summer The Salvation Army partnered once again with MOLLY MAID and its customers in an effort to collect non-perishable food items to help restock depleted shelves. The home cleaning franchise collected more than 15,000 pounds of non-perishable food items to help hungry families. Early in July, company representatives left a note explaining the partnership,  […]

The Salvation Army Sutton, Ontario, youth shelter for homeless and in-crisis youth has something to celebrate. Four residents from its transitional housing program are pursuing post secondary education at various Ontario colleges. In addition, five other residents have been successful in receiving their General Education Diploma (GED) through the shelter’s program, obtaining extremely high marks.  […]

Unimaginable devastation and living conditions continue to numb the world. Active in more than 120 countries, and in some of the poorest communities, The Salvation Army’s wide range of services help the world’s most vulnerable approach the future with hope. The volcano was inactive for decades. Then suddenly it exploded. In June 2011 the Puyehue  […]

While nearly everyone else in the world had seen far more than their share of the horrific images coming out of the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, Lyuda Sidorenko and the other passengers aboard her overseas flight could only imagine what was happening beyond the confines of their parked jet on the Stephenville tarmac.  […]

Salvation Army mobile feeding units are providing round-the-clock assistance to firefighters battling wildfires in Texas, U.S. The worst fires are still burning in Bastrop County, about 30 miles east of the state’s capital city, Austin. Two people are known to have been killed and more than 600 homes have been lost in the county, along  […]

In Canada, 3.2 million people live in low income, including 634,000 children. It’s a fact that is difficult to swallow in an affluent country such as ours. Furthermore, reports state that in London, Ontario, one of every five children born today will live in poverty. (The Child and Youth Network 2009 Report) Located in London’s  […]

Major Rick Shirran, The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services Director for Canada and Bermuda is being deployed to Uganda for a period of eight weeks in order to support the Army’s drought relief project in North East Uganda. The Central Eastern area of Uganda has suffered a drought in the past five years that has  […]

The Salvation Army in Uganda continues its response to drought conditions that have taken hold across much of the Horn of Africa. Children are particularly vulnerable, with malnourishment among under-fives having increased dramatically. In one district the government is using two health centres solely for the purpose of dealing with malnourished children. The Red Cross  […]