Please drop your gently worn clothing items at the start line of The Vancouver Sun Run happening Sunday, April 17th and The Salvation Army will pick it up and make sure that it’s put to good use. Last year, over 4000 lbs. of clothing was collected and we look forward to surpassing that number this  […]

Local clothing company, Hamburger Disco, celebrates … Hamburgers and Disco.  And now, being added to the mix is support for relief efforts underway in Japan.  Hamburger Disco is partnering with The Salvation Army to create and release a SPECIAL EDITION T-Shirt with all proceeds from the sale of this item going directly towards relief work  […]

Members of JOEY Restaurants teamed up with The Salvation Army’s Harbour Light to serve members of the community through the food line by providing a signature homemade beef barley soup courtesy of the group’s Cup of Care program – an initiative created to address hunger in the communities to which they serve.  “Cup of care  […]

TELUS has extended its offer of free long distance and wireless services to Japan for an additional month until the end of April.  Since March 11th, nearly 40,000 calls have been placed since the introduction of the free calling initiative.  In addition, Telus donated $100,000 dollars to relief efforts in Japan through The Canadian Red  […]

   Joseph Choi, Alex Venetis and Steffi Chua of Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business Project Management successfully organized a book drive to collect books for the Salvation Army – ultimately surpassing the initial goal of 2,000 books with an additional, 9,000 collected for a total of 11,000. The BIG Book Drive team collected  […]

North Vancouver hosted Community Dignity Day on March 16th to serve the local North Shore neighbourhood.  With The Salvation Army’s New Hope Cuisine preparing and serving breakfast for 70 and lunch for 120, the turnout was not only incredibly encouraging, but the kitchen did a fantastic job in accommodating everyone served.  Thank you to all  […]

As The Salvation Army in Japan continues its response to the earthquake that devastated areas of the country on March 10th, The Salvation Army in Canada has allocated the sum of $75,000 to support the ongoing relief effort. The most damaged city is Sendai, about 400 kilometres away from Tokyo. Commissioner Makoto Yoshida, leader of  […]

                                                                                                                                                                                Home and lifestyle retailer, Nood, delivered 10,662 pairs of red socks to the Salvation Army Harbour Light Centre located in Vancouver’s Downtown Lower Eastside. The ‘Red Sock Project’ was a Nood driven campaign that called on Canadians to ‘share the warmth’ by donating $2 toward a pair of socks for  […]

 Three Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business Project Management students – Joseph Choi, Alex Venetis and Steffi Chua – organized an inaugural book drive coined, “The BIG Book Drive” to collect books for the Salvation Army.  On February 26th, The BIG Book Drive team collected 3,500 books at Lansdowne Mall in Richmond, far surpassing  […]

The Salvation Army Homestead hosted an open house to celebrate a new contract with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). With over fifty people were in attendance, guest speakers included Captain Jennifer Canning, the Executive Director of the Homestead; Cari Turi, Associate Area Director for Community Corrections Pacific Region; a Homestead Alumni and Major Susan  […]