Salvation Army Today, May 9

This week’s Salvation Army Today video – brought to you by The Salvation Army Southern Territory – features stories about our social media campaign in Latin America; helping children in Haiti,  International spotlight from Denmark and a children’s feeding program in Nebraska. Please enjoy!   You can subscribe to Salvation Army Today’s YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/SalvationArmyToday

FedEx Donates 16th Disaster Response Unit to Salvation Army

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Our friends at FedEx visited The Salvation Army of Sao Paulo, Brazil last month for an official ceremony to celebrate the company’s donation of a brand new Disaster Response Unit (DRU). The DRU is a custom-made canteen truck that will help The Salvation Army feed the hungry during times of disaster and throughout the year. [...]

Salvation Army Appoints New National Spokesperson

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The Salvation Army honored the retirement of Major George Hood, Community Relations and Development Secretary for The Salvation Army USA’s National Headquarters in late January. Major Hood served with The Salvation Army for 28 years, and as national spokesperson for the organization for the last nine years. During his appointment at National Headquarters, Major Hood [...]

Salvation Army World Service Office: 36 Years of Improving Lives Around the Globe

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  Fueled by the support of donors and partners in mission, The Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO) finds lasting solutions to poverty around the world through community driven approaches that help people help themselves. Working through The Salvation Army’s presence in 126 countries, SAWSO develops sustainable programs that improve lives in some of the [...]

3 Years Later: The Salvation Army Haiti Continues Rebuilding

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“Ansanm, ansanm n’a Rive” is a Haitian Creole phrase that conveys the idea of working together to achieve a goal or task, and that’s exactly what The Salvation Army is doing in Haiti. Three years after a monstrous 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the small Caribbean island on January 12, 2010, killing approximately 250,000 people, injuring [...]

The Best Photos of 2012

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A picture is worth a thousand words, so we compiled some of our favorite images of The Salvation Army’s work from 2012. Of course, it’s impossible to capture all of the best photos from this last year since the Army serves in almost every zip code and our programs are as unique as the communities [...]

Salvation Army Today, December 13

This week’s Salvation Army Today video – brought to you by The Salvation Army Southern Territory – features The Salvation Army’s World Record Bell Ringing Contest happening now, the passing of General John Gowans, as well as The Salvation Army’s new vocational training school in Haiti. You can subscribe to Salvation Army Today’s YouTube channel by clicking here.

Salvation Army Today, September 13!

This week’s Salvation Army Today video – brought to you by The Salvation Army Southern Territory – looks back at the 9/11 terrorist attacks, features our rebuilding efforts in Haiti, as well as our partnership with American Signature Furniture. You can subscribe to Salvation Army Today’s YouTube channel by clicking here. Enjoy!

Meet Wesley, Julien & Marie: Doing the Most Good in Fond-des-Negres

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We blogged about The Salvation Army World Service Office’s (SAWSO) presence at the 19th annual International Aids Conference in Washington, DC. The event brings together 25,000 leaders, experts and survivors from every corner of the world. Among the international visitors were three representatives of The Salvation Army of Haiti, and quite possibly the conference’s greatest [...]

Haiti: SAWSO’s Life-Saving Solutions for a Nation in Need

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Among the 25,000 attendees at the 19th annual International Aids Conference happening right now in Washington, DC are representatives of The Salvation Army’s World Service Office (SAWSO). This event is just one more way for SAWSO employees to hear the latest scientific developments on the disease and learn more about the global response to HIV.