{"id":3120,"date":"2021-06-15T23:51:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/souads-story\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:23:48","slug":"souads-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/2021\/06\/15\/souads-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Souad&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Souad\u00a0migrated to Canada from Beirut, Lebanon\u00a0and worked\u00a0hard\u00a0for\u00a0over\u00a050 years\u00a0and tirelessly\u00a0providing for her children. She was a very helpful person too and very generous in giving of her time serving in the community when she was not working. She donated items and remembered her days back in Kelowna where she first heard about The Salvation Army where she volunteered.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After many years of hard work, she was able to buy a home in Abbotsford, BC and stayed in that community until in the early morning of\u00a0Valentines\u00a0Day 2021, an extensive fire broke out and took everything she had worked for. Her belongings were not insured, and she was only able to save herself and whatever she was wearing.\u00a0Souad\u00a0lost everything that she had worked for and was now facing homelessness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Within two hours, The Salvation Army set up a rescue operation centre at Cascade Community Church next door. She was very grateful at how she was welcomed in the Cascade Community Church and was offered prompt and convenient respite. ESS staff and The Salvation Army\u2019s Emergency Disaster Services team of volunteers met with the residents on site. They assessed their needs and provided food, refreshments, accommodations, special medical equipment, and other resources as needed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A \u2018Help for\u00a0Delair\u00a0Court\u2019 Facebook page prompted phone calls to The Salvation Army\u2019s Centre of Hope asking for information on how to help. Clothing and household items began to flood into the Army\u2019s thrift store.\u00a0It was amazing how the community responded to the Army\u2019s plead to help\u00a0the fire victims\u00a0get back on\u00a0their feet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Souad\u00a0is now temporarily sheltered in the same complex provided for her with the generosity\u00a0of 100 donors who helped\u00a0her\u00a0and other fire survivors rebuild their lives and their home.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cGod bless the community and The Salvation Army in this time of need.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Souad\u00a0migrated to Canada from Beirut, Lebanon\u00a0and worked\u00a0hard\u00a0for\u00a0over\u00a050 years\u00a0and tirelessly\u00a0providing for her children. 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