The Salvation Army Hamilton Booth Centre is participating again in Coldest Night of the Year on February 25 to raise funds for its Street Ministry program. Coldest Night of the Year gives participants a glimpse of the struggles faced by those experiencing homelessness as they walk in the cold of winter. This is the fifth  […]

An innovative partnership between The Salvation Army London Centre of Hope and King’s University College’s School of Social Work is helping the most vulnerable rebuild dignity and renew hope through counselling services to overcome trauma. The new King’s Community Support Centre brings six students enrolled in the Master of Social Work (MSW) and Bachelor of  […]

The Salvation Army Journey to Life Centre, an emergency men’s shelter in Thunder Bay is supporting the homeless during the extreme cold this week. The emergency shelter currently has space for everyone that needs to come out of the cold and the 25-bed overflow section has not been needed at this point. “We are working  […]

During the extreme cold temperatures in Toronto this week, The Salvation Army Toronto Gateway Outreach Services team is assisting anyone in need of shelter, warm clothing, food and water. For 20 years, the Outreach team at The Gateway emergency shelter and drop-in centre have offered shelter and kept individuals safe and warm during the cold  […]

  With this week’s temperatures expected to plummet to dangerously low levels, The Salvation Army Ottawa Booth Centre’s Outreach Services teams are encouraging as many people as they can to seek shelter. Both Outreach teams vans, with two highly skilled team members, are patrolling the streets of Ottawa warning the city’s most vulnerable of the  […]

Thousands of generous mission partners helped make the 2022 CTV Toy Mountain Campaign a success so children across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area had toys to open on Christmas morning. During the campaign, over 150,000 toys, stuffed animals, games, books and puzzles were donated, bringing Christmas joy to more than 66,000 children in the  […]

Volunteering to help people in need comes naturally to Brian Gill. He drives a school bus for a living, but dedicates his spare time to improving the lives of others through his volunteer work with The Salvation Army in Fenelon Falls as well as with the Boy Scouts. “Everything I have done has already been  […]

Throughout the 2022 Christmas giving season, The Salvation Army in Ontario’s compassionate Army of Givers generously donated $9.7 million in the iconic Christmas Kettles, $4 million through online donations and $3.4 million through the Christmas direct mail campaign – totaling $17.1 million and exceeding its $13.5 million goal. All funds go directly to local Salvation  […]

Every month The Salvation Army in Sault Ste. Marie assists as many as 2,800 clients through a variety of programs supporting individuals and families looking for basic necessities. One of those programs is a mobile food outreach service for seniors who are unable to afford groceries or can’t get out to purchase their own food.  […]

Youth in Wiarton have a more promising future through the Trades Start program offered at The Salvation Army Wiarton Community Church. Trades Start, which started in 2014 with a single carpentry program, now offers four additional program areas to teach young people an in demand and marketable skilled trade in welding, technology, hospitality and horticulture.  […]