Tag: Poverty
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Salvation Army Brings Backpacks to Families in Need
Starting a new school year can make students feel excited, anxious, relieved, and many other emotions. Although this year’s back-to-school experience will be entirely different, those experiencing poverty, including 560,000…
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Salvation Army Thrift Store Helps Struggling Family Get Ready for the School Year
During these challenging times, The Salvation Army Thrift Store (National Recycling Operations) is helping struggling families get ready for the school year. “My children are ages nine and 11 and…
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“Sonia’s Cradle” Program Helps Growing Families in British Columbia.
In 2009, Sonia Nickle, a front-line worker at The Salvation Army’s Ridge Meadows Ministries in Maple Ridge, B.C., recognized a need for help within growing families in her community, so…
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Community Garden Supports Low-Income People with Fresh Food and Education
Although low-income people may see healthy food choices on the shelves at grocery stores, the cost of them is often out of their range. In Brantford, Ont., The Salvation Army’s…
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Salvation Army in Dartmouth Comes Together for Their Community
Long before the pandemic began, Salvation Army food bank volunteers in Dartmouth, N.S., have been coming together each Monday to prepare food boxes for struggling members of their community. Each…
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Pathway of Hope Program Helps to Break the Cycle of Poverty
One in 11 Canadians live in poverty, and The Salvation Army’s Pathway of Hope Program provides intensive case management to individuals and families who desire to have increased stability and…
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Salvation Army Food Bank Offers Home Delivery Service
If your cupboards are bare and you can’t access a food bank, The Salvation Army’s home food delivery program in Windsor, Ont., is ensuring that you won’t go hungry. “We…
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The Rogers Family and The Salvation Army Team Up for COVID-19 Relief
TORONTO, ON, June 15, 2020—Today, the Rogers family donated $10 million to The Salvation Army to help support Canadians affected by COVID-19. It is the largest private donation the charity…
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Salvation Army in Kirkland Lake Brings Food to the Isolated
The Salvation Army in Kirkland Lake is addressing rural hunger by bringing a mobile food pantry to people who live remotely. “The people receiving our services genuinely need our help,”…
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New Program Offsets Student Food Insecurity in Grande Prairie
The Salvation Army has started a new student feeding program with a $300,000 grant from the Alberta government, through the Ministry of Education in Grande Prairie, Alta. More than 200…
