World Kindness Day, which falls on November 13, 2010, reminds us to look beyond ourselves and do something to make someone’s day easier. Every day is a good day to promote kindnesses. Here are 10 suggestions: 1. pay for a coffee of the person behind you 2. buy food for a local food bank 3.  […]

High school students from across Winnipeg are gathering at the first annual Booth University College Youth Forum on November 14 and 15 to learn about homelessness and how it impacts individuals and a community. This two-day, 24-hour event will introduce students to the issue of homelessness through emergency shelter visits, movies, and guest speakers including  […]

Eighteen-year-old Nabil fled his country because of a well-founded fear of persecution. He witnessed unthinkable horrors that included random arrests, executions and forced evictions.

It happens most nights. Individuals are unloading their unwanted junk at many Salvation Army thrift stores. These stores have become dumping sites for household garbage or other items that should be taken to landfill sites. The Salvation Army originated the concept of the thrift store and opened its first store more than 100 years ago.  […]

The Salvation Army across the Caribbean is responding to damage caused by Tropical Storm Tomas. Some countries – including Haiti – have been left relatively unscathed, but others are dealing with the aftermath of the worst storm for many years.

In Barbados the government – through the Ministry of Agriculture – officially wrote to The Salvation  […]

Truro, N.S. – She walked in—and walked out. Violet Large, 78, wanted no accolades, no special recognition. She just wanted to help others. Her hand-delivered cheque left at the cashier’s counter of her local Salvation Army Thrift Store contained a substantial donation that would be life-changing for many. In July, Violet and her husband Allen,  […]

Remembrance Day recognizes the sacrifices of people in all armed conflicts.

A peace organization in Prince Edward Island is selling white poppies for Remembrance Day and the Royal Canadian Legion is upset. Peace activists claim the Remembrance Day poppies sold by veterans represents the nostalgia and romanticizing of war while veterans argue the white poppies tarnish the symbolic value of the red poppy. The red poppy  […]

At the back of a busy Thrift Store in the downtown core of Toronto, there is a quiet space filled with soft, comfortable couches, shelves stacked with books, and the smell of coffee in the air. This is the site of the new, ‘Coffee Corner’ found at the Parkdale Thrift Store. The space is a retreat  […]