Craftsman Collision, Save-On Foods and PriceSmart Foods join The Salvation Army in a one day food drive which aims to fill a car with food donations for those in need.  And the best news is that Crafstman Collision will match everything donated!     WHEN: Saturday, September 17th WHAT: Craftsman Collision, Save-On Foods  […]

In support of The Salvation Army’s Annual Backpack Drive, we were live with Greg Harper on Breakfast Television tomorrow yesterday morning from 6-9am at the Staples store in Capilano, North Vancouver! The campaign runs until September 6th with supply donations being made at local Starbucks and FitnessTown locations and cash donations being accepted at Staples.  […]

On Saturday June 11, 2011, The Salvation Army, together with Ross Place Retirement Residence, hosted the 1st Annual Garage Sale.  Businesses and the general public were asked to donate their gently used items to the sale, with all proceeds going to The Salvation Army in Victoria.  The fundraiser was a great success, the BBQ was  […]

Currently in Victoria, The Salvation Army provides shelter beds, a seniors’ facility along with transitional housing, but plan on adding two more programs to help people in the community where there is need. Major Brian Venables shared with a capacity crowd of 250 people at the annual Salvation Army luncheon, held at the Delta Ocean  […]

   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  […]

                                                                                                                                                                                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  […]

Two Surrey Thrift Stores combined their efforts in supporting their local Community and Family Services of The Salvation Army in kindly asking customers to lend their extra change to the cause and in turn, make a direct impact.  To the tune of $3,138.51, the community responded. Through the total cash donation received, the funds will  […]

“The BIG Book Drive”, an inaugural initiative inspired by three local Simon Fraser University: Beedie School of Business Project Management students – Joseph Choi, Alex Venetis and Steffi Chua – aim to collect over 2,000 books for the Salvation Army. With two separate book drives planned in both Richmond and Burnaby, the first will take  […]

The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status for Women, visited The Salvation Army Vancouver Community & Family Services ministry unit to touch base regarding the progress of the on-going Single Mothers Breakthrough Program as supported through the Community Fund of the Women’s Program, Status for Women Canada. The Single Mothers Breakthrough Program is a much  […]