TORONTO and YORK REGION – On Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 4:00pm, The Salvation Army of Central York Region will celebrate the ‘Hope for Others’ Ground Breaking Ceremony at 15338 Leslie Street, Aurora, to acknowledge the lead and pace setting gifts for the ‘Hope for Others’ Campaign. As one of the largest social service agencies  […]

The Salvation Army’s International Emergency Services team arrived in Uganda on September 10 to assist with drought relief efforts. A drought this severe has not been seen in the area for more than 60 years. Canadian officer/pastor Major Rick Shirran, a member of the team, reports: “The people of North East Uganda are facing the  […]

The Salvation Army’s Twitter account (@salvationarmy) has reached an important milestone, 10,000 followers! Check out some of our most memorable tweets over the years. • January 8, 2008: The Salvation Army’s launches @salvationarmy and tweets for the first time. • June 12, 2008: Salvation Army summer camps provided an memorable experience for at risk children.  […]

This summer The Salvation Army partnered once again with MOLLY MAID and its customers in an effort to collect non-perishable food items to help restock depleted shelves. The home cleaning franchise collected more than 15,000 pounds of non-perishable food items to help hungry families. Early in July, company representatives left a note explaining the partnership,  […]

The Salvation Army Sutton, Ontario, youth shelter for homeless and in-crisis youth has something to celebrate. Four residents from its transitional housing program are pursuing post secondary education at various Ontario colleges. In addition, five other residents have been successful in receiving their General Education Diploma (GED) through the shelter’s program, obtaining extremely high marks.  […]

Unimaginable devastation and living conditions continue to numb the world. Active in more than 120 countries, and in some of the poorest communities, The Salvation Army’s wide range of services help the world’s most vulnerable approach the future with hope. The volcano was inactive for decades. Then suddenly it exploded. In June 2011 the Puyehue  […]

While nearly everyone else in the world had seen far more than their share of the horrific images coming out of the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, Lyuda Sidorenko and the other passengers aboard her overseas flight could only imagine what was happening beyond the confines of their parked jet on the Stephenville tarmac.  […]

Since May 2009, World Community Bikes has partnered with The Salvation Army and other Vancouver Island social agencies to provide bicycles to adults in need of transportation. To date more than 125 bikes have been repaired and distributed to those who can’t afford other means of transport. Another benefit from recycling usable bikes, frames, and  […]

Salvation Army mobile feeding units are providing round-the-clock assistance to firefighters battling wildfires in Texas, U.S. The worst fires are still burning in Bastrop County, about 30 miles east of the state’s capital city, Austin. Two people are known to have been killed and more than 600 homes have been lost in the county, along  […]