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Called to Greatness: Children’s Ministry in Brandon, Manitoba
Charlette lights up when describing Brandon’s Called to Greatness (C2G) kids program offered through the local Salvation Army corps. This year, the theme is “Secret Agents of Jesus”, a spy-like mission curriculum which helps kids foster their faith while being fully engaged in a community of like-minded creative peers. As the Community and Family Services…
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Winnipeg Day Camp Helps Kids Shine
Children laughing and playing, making new friends, and learning new stories, spending their days active and engaged: this is what Kids Kamp at Heritage Park Temple (HPT) in Winnipeg offers for six weeks each summer. Summer day camp has been offered at Heritage Park for 15 years and is one of the programs made possible…
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Manitoba EDS Wildfire Response
UPDATE #1 In late May, the province of Manitoba declared a state of emergency due to wildfires that threatened several communities. The wildfires forced 21,000 Manitobans from their homes in cities, towns and remote northern communities. The wildfire evacuations are now the largest air evacuation in Canadian history, according to the Canadian Armed Forces, who…
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Cooking Up Food Security in Manitoba with Collective Kitchens
At the Portage la Prairie Salvation Army in Manitoba, community members meet monthly to big batch cook some of their favourite recipes and share them amongst a group. The meals are subsidized with items from the food bank and monetary donations and only cost participants $5 per family member. Everyone goes home with roughly five…
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Welcome to the Prairies and Northern Territories Division
New Year – New Division As of January 2024, the Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda Territory has amalgamated several divisions to meet the changing needs of society: The Alberta and Northern Territories and Prairie divisions have merged to form the new Prairies and Northern Territories division. The Bermuda, Newfoundland and Labrador, Maritime, and Quebec divisions…
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The Rogers Family Foundation helps The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Keep Rolling
The Salvation Army EDS responds to disasters when and where they occur, and, thanks to the funding received from the Rogers Family Foundations donation of $10 million dollars across the country, we were able to enhance our capabilities. “We needed repairs to emergency response vehicles, the addition of environmentally friendly products and PPE have all…
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The Salvation Army Winnipeg’s Extreme Environment Response Vehicle keeps rolling to help those in need on our city streets.
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Salvation Army is doing everything we can to keep those we serve as safe as possible. In addition to this, The Salvation Army continues the same level of services provided before COVID-19. The Salvation Army Winnipeg Extreme Environment Response Vehicle (EERV) drives out of The Salvation Army Centre of Hope…
