TORONTO – Today, nine-year-old Carson Stanley from Waubaushene, Ontario will be granted his Christmas wish to help feed those in need with the help from Subway Restaurants and The Salvation Army. Carson along with his family and 26 grade 11 students from St. Joan of Arc High School in Maple will be handing out Subway  […]

About 1,000 people shared in Christmas dinner Wednesday at the Salvation Army’s Booth Centre in Winnipeg. They dined on 500 pounds of potatoes, 400 pounds of ham, 49 turkeys, boat loads of gravy, cranberries and stuffing, and 240 cream pies. Read more

The Salvation Army believes that every child deserves to unwrap a new toy of their own on Christmas morning. From November 17 to December 7 more than 200 staff at The Salvation Army’s national headquarters in Toronto collected 2,486 food and 807 toy items to be distributed to those less fortunate over the Christmas season.  […]

With the season of giving well underway, some Calgary charities are struggling to meet their fundraising goals. Dwindling donations are attributed to everything from volunteer shortages to the recent economic downturn. Read more

Yarmouth — Only a handful of toys have come in for some 350 Yarmouth-area children who won’t have a gift under their tree without help from others, a local Salvation Army leader said Friday, . Toys for just 10 boys and girls had accumulated by Thursday evening and volunteers emptied a big wire bin at  […]

And those silver bells? Those bells ringing in the song were inspired by the imagery of Salvation Army bell-ringers standing outside department stores during the Christmas season. “Silver Bells” was introduced by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in a motion picture called The Lemon Drop Kid in 1951. The first recorded version was by Bing  […]

The fourth annual OPP Christmas Charity Barbecue was held on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Grenville County OPP detachment in Kemptville. A total of $2,984.35 was raised which was matched by the Kemptville Scotiabank for a grand total of $5,968.70! In addition a vanload of food and toys was donated. All the proceeds went to  […]

BARRIE, ON, The Salvation Army is issuing a warning to the residents of the Barrie area regarding a door-to-door Christmas collection scam. Over the weekend and early this week, The Salvation Army has received complaints about an individual going door to door soliciting monetary and toy donations on behalf of The Salvation Army. This individual  […]

While Santa Shuffle numbers are still coming in from across the country, results to date show that 9,300 Canadians raised approximately $425,000 for The Salvation Army’s critical and ongoing services. On Saturday, December 3, in 39 cities across the country, Canadians ran or walked 5k or 1k in The Salvation Army’s 21st Santa Shuffle. The  […]

This Christmas season, Crossroads Television System (CTS) is partnering with The Salvation Army to raise funds and awareness that will help those less fortunate attain the dignity that each and every person deserves. Crossroads Television System (CTS) creates television and other powerful visual media that educates, entertains and inspires through positive, superior quality content. Throughout  […]