On the first Friday of every June Americans celebrate National Doughnut Day, in honour of Salvation Army women—the so-called “Doughnut Girls” —who distributed doughnuts to frontline American soldiers during World War 1. While Canada doesn’t have a designated day dedicated to the doughnut, some Salvation Army centres are holding their own. On July 3 in  […]

Corporate support is essential to The Salvation Army’s ability to meet human needs and be transforming influences in communities around the world. In Canada and Bermuda The Salvation Army is blessed by the friendship and support of corporate partners such as Walmart, TELUS, and Siemens Canada. Both corporate and individual partnerships help support the Army’s  […]

Money manager Marc Hamel tells us that poverty hurts us in ways we might not think. The poorest of the poor die 21 years earlier than the rich. Someone in the lowest category of income earning will use the health-care system 50 percent more than the average person. If you live in poverty as a  […]

It’s a fact.  More than three million Canadians live in poverty and wake everyday to the reality of broken dreams. While the typical Canadian dream is to obtain an education, job, house and family, those enduring hardship have different visions.  They dream of affordable, nutritious food; sleeping somewhere other than on a relative’s couch; wearing  […]

According to Statistics Canada about one-third of seniors, aged 65 or older, aren’t getting proper nutrition. A report based on a 2008/2009 survey suggests various factors are significantly associated with seniors and their nutritional risk. They include loneliness, infrequent social participation, a decline in activities like shopping and cooking, and fixed incomes. Furthermore 10 percent  […]

According to Food Banks Canada, each month 900,000 Canadians are assisted by food banks and 93,000 are first-time users. Rising food and fuel prices, static incomes, high unemployment and changes to benefits are causing many families to struggle to put food on the table, let alone buy basic necessities. The next time you run across  […]

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Help Someone In Need! If you are getting a jump on spring cleaning, keep those less fortunate in mind. When you donate to a Salvation Army Thrift Store, you are giving more than clothes, toys, housewares and electronics.  You are giving back to the community by allowing the Army to generate funds that sustain its  […]

Panhandling appears to have taken a different twist, says a newly-formed task force launched by the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association. Downtown pedestrians are not so much being approached by transients, but by the same faces occupying the same spot every day. Rather than panhandling, it’s a job, said a member of the new task  […]

Fundraising and awareness-raising events were held across the globe Tuesday, April 2, to mark World Autism Awareness Day. The Toronto Star is one of many passionate advocates whose Autism Project is about improving the lives of autistic children and the families who care for them. A recent report from the Star says that Tablets, using  […]