{"id":2260,"date":"2021-04-28T20:09:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/emotional-and-spiritual-care-workers-provide-hope-when-disasters-strike\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:27:06","slug":"emotional-and-spiritual-care-workers-provide-hope-when-disasters-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/2021\/04\/emotional-and-spiritual-care-workers-provide-hope-when-disasters-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional and Spiritual Care Workers Provide Hope When Disasters Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the inception of The Salvation Army\u2019s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) in 1917, after the devastating Halifax Explosion, millions of people have been helped in Ontario through EDS\u2019s Emotional and Spiritual Care (ESC) support.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmotional and Spiritual Care is an essential part of our overall Emergency Disaster Services. We provide people with hope during times in their lives when the light at the end of the tunnel is bleak,\u201d said Salvation Army Major Roxzena Hayden, Divisional Emergency Disaster Services Steering Committee member. \u201cWe extend our hand through conversation and consoling and we are the shoulder to lean on during these difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n

This important service is based upon the premise that within each of us, there is a spiritual knowledge and understanding, maybe best described as a spiritual nature.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Emotional and Spiritual Care worker taps into that spiritual nature, regardless of a person\u2019s affiliation with a church or religion. Emotional and Spiritual Care is not part of what we do; it is what we do in every service we provide,\u201d said Major Hayden.<\/p>\n

ESC includes spiritual comfort and emotional support to those impacted by an incident, their families, as well as emergency first-responders coping with the stress of a disaster. ESC volunteers comfort the injured and bereaved, conduct memorial services, and provide chaplaincy services. Emotional and Spiritual Care respects all faiths and traditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen The Salvation Army arrives and we provide our Emotional and Spiritual Care support, those devastated families begin to smile\u201d \u2013 Major Hayden <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Salvation Army Ontario Division\u2019s Emotional and Spiritual Care workers have helped in numerous disasters, including the flooding in Ottawa, the ice storm in Eastern Ontario, a tornado in Midland and even during the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always answer the call, and we never turn anyone away,\u201d said Major Hayden. \u201cI\u2019ve attended to many disasters, witnessed many individuals and families devastated because they\u2019ve lost a loved one or their home. When The Salvation Army arrives and we provide our Emotional and Spiritual Care support, those devastated families begin to smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

To register as a volunteer and to learn more about ESC program visit<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/what-we-do\/in-your-community\/eds\/<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Bill Canning<\/p>\n\n\n

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