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Metro Vancouver Transit Police to provide a helping hand.
Metro Vancouver Transit Police are partnering with The Salvation Army to provide support for vulnerable individuals. The Salvation Army has generously donated 200 blankets to Transit Police that will be distributed throughout the winter season. Officers are being encouraged to stock their patrol cars at the beginning of each shift, and to hand them out…
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Thank You for shuffling with us.
Thank you to all the runners and participants, The Beat 94.5, Denai Johnson, DJ Kris Reign and wonderful our sponsors who helped to make this year’s Santa Shuffle the best to date.
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Maple Ridge Adopt-A-Family in short supply.
For many, the holiday season is a time of family and togetherness. The extra costs that go in to food, gifts and outings are a welcome and planned for part of some families’ budgets. But for a few, the costs that go along with the holidays are a source of stress and anxiety due to…
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Dignity for all at The Salvation Army Caring Place.
This beautiful, crisp weather is a welcome change for many from the usual dreary, damp winter days in British Columbia. But for a small number of people in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, this sharp cold means adversity, vulnerability and fear. The Salvation Army Caring Place in Maple Ridge is committed to helping these people,…
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Gateway of Hope celebrates 5.
Tuesday’s lunch was not an ordinary lunch at The Salvation Army Gateway of Hope. Gateway staff and volunteers were joined by Minister Rich Coleman, Minister Peter Fassbender and Minister Mary Polak to celebrate 5 years of service to the Langley community. The provincial ministers were joined by community stakeholders and key community partners including Envision…
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#socksforhope
Thank you to Mindfield for supporting The Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light this season with the inaugural #socksforhope initiative. Every year The Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light puts together Christmas Care Packages for individuals in need on Vancouver’s DTES. Items include ponchos, toiletries, clothes, and of course, socks. Being good neighbours to The Salvation Army…
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With thanks.
“3 years ago, I came to The Salvation Army Breakthrough program in Kelowna, a single mom with 2 young children and feeling very lost. Thanks to the support of the program I now have more confidence, my life is clearer and I have set my goals. I now volunteer 2 days a week at the…
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The Salvation Army provides.
Every day for the past 10 years, Edward Sanderson has faced excruciating back pain. Sanderson injured his back while working on a potato farm in Grand Forks, and ever since he has struggled with crippling agony that leaves his legs “vibrating” by dinnertime. The pain makes it difficult for him to stand, harder for him…
