Salvation Army Today, February 14

This week’s Salvation Army Today video – brought to you by The Salvation Army Southern Territory – covers our disaster relief efforts in Hattiesburg, MS, highlights programs in the United Kingdom, and features a very special thank you to our supporters for making The Salvation Army’s 122nd Red Kettle Campaign a record-breaking success. Enjoy! Receive weekly updates by subscribing to [...]

Donors Help Salvation Army’s 122nd Red Kettle Campaign Set New Fundraising Record

Kettlebell

Thanks to the generosity and sacrifice of donors and volunteers, The Salvation Army reached a new record through its 2012 Red Kettle Campaign – $148.7 million collected through nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars! The results are especially significant as the generous public not only helped us break a record for the eighth year in a [...]

Champion Swimmer Nathan Adrian Fulfills Children’s Wishes With Salvation Army & Dig Deep

Major Birks, Salvation Army with special guest shopper, Nathan Adrian, Tyson Ross, Bruce Billings and the Dig Deep SF team! Photo courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/salvationarmysf

Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion Swimmer, Nathan Adrian helped The Salvation Army of San Francisco provide thousands of toys, sporting equipment, clothing and electronics to children in need at a Target shopping spree on Monday. Sponsored by local nonprofit and Salvation Army partner in giving, Dig Deep, the annual event provides toys for [...]

135,000 Toys and 10,000 Coats For Underserved Children Thanks to Walmart Shoppers!

75291_10151145078313144_1735570468_n

Walmart is certainly fulfilling the company’s mission to help people live better – this Christmas and beyond. With the company’s $1 million donation in support of our 122nd annual Red Kettle Campaign, The Salvation Army will be able to better meet the needs of families across America through food service, heat and utility assistance, and [...]

Andy Grammer Rocks The Red Kettle Benefitting Kansas City Salvation Army

Andy Grammer Concert 1

“Because those moments on the street when the crowd would rock with me I felt like the biggest man, the biggest man in… Kansas City” sang Andy Grammer to an adoring crowd at Rock the Red Kettle Kansas City on December 7th, 2012. Grammer, who also participated in the 2012 Rock the Red Kettle national [...]

Rock the Red Kettle Concert Promotes Giving Back This Christmas & Throughout the Year

Photo courtesy of event producer and host, Ned Specktor: http://instagram.com/p/TUWCDKwWol/

A big thanks to all of the amazing people who helped The Salvation Army Rock the Red Kettle in Los Angeles at L.A. Live and online on Saturday! We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did. Bands Hot Chelle Rae, Owl City, and Sonus rocked the stage while artists Bridgit Mendler and Andy Grammer blew us away with their vocal skills. [...]

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.

Six Bell Ringers Going Strong For World Record!

552085_3UrydkkBkr67GmNj6n60316mSNWrY1A_dQLafK0rWk8

Six volunteer bell ringers remain in our World Record Bell Ringing contest after 24 hours of nonstop bell ringing to raise awareness for The Salvation Army’s 122nd annual Red Kettle Campaign and set a new world record. Joel Ostby of Salinas, CA was the first to bow out at 9:32 a.m. ET this morning after [...]

#RINGITON! 8 Bell Ringers To Compete For World Record

Bell

The Salvation Army’s World Record Bell Ringing Contest begins today! Starting at 1:00 p.m. ET, eight Salvation Army staff and volunteers from across the country will attempt to set a new world record for continuous hand bell ringing by an individual at a red kettle, and help raise awareness for our 122nd annual Red Kettle [...]

The Salvation Army: Grounded in Faith, Open to All

doingthemostgood

The following article was featured in The Washington Times and contributed by Commissioner William A. Roberts, National Commander for The Salvation Army USA.  This year’s Red Kettle Campaign has begun, the annual Christmas fundraiser that helps The Salvation Army collect money to meet human needs in local communities across the country. Each year’s campaign brings heightened media attention to The Salvation [...]