Surplus computers get a reboot
One hundred computers once used by municipal workers in Rockland County, N.Y., will soon get a second life in the hands of schoolchildren and seniors attending Salvation Army programs. Rockland
SACONNECTS MAGAZINE WINS SIX AWARDs
SAConnects magazine has won six Evangelical Press Association (EPA) awards for the 2020 publishing year. EPA is a professional organization of Christian print and digital publications and the world’s largest
A garden grows in Clearfield
The community garden at the Clearfield, Pa., Corps is blooming again. Captain Laurie Greenfield, the corps officer in Clearfield, said the garden was closed last year due to COVID-19, but
Empire cleans up with $2M donation
When a donor offered the Salvation Army’s Empire State Division paper products and cleaning supplies valued at $2 million, Major Leo Lloyd thought the caller was kidding. Nonetheless, the donor,
Mental Illness: stand with those who suffer
Kay Warren, the co-founder of Saddleback Church in California, told a virtual gathering of Christian journalists that mental health issues will affect one in five adults and children this year.
Not her grace, but God’s
Alex struggled in a pit of despair as she first connected to The Salvation Army Oil City Worship and Service Center’s Pathway of Hope (POH) program. She was fed up,
Fishing in God’s creation
Everyone has that special place to draw near to God. For Major Rob Kramer, it’s when he’s out fishing in his kayak on one of the rivers, lakes or streams
Thrifting for Earth Day
Captain Mark Ferreira is passionate about saving the planet and saving souls for Christ. He gets to do both as administrator of the Salvation Army’s Family Store in Brockton, Mass.
Helping kids survive college
Just about everyone knows the essentials of college life: a grab-and-go breakfast, easy-to-make pasta dinners, and in today’s world, a supply of hand sanitizer. The Salvation Army’s Monessen, Pa., Worship
Food for Holy Week
More than a year after COVID-19 first ravaged the country, people are being vaccinated, slowly returning to work, and receiving government stimulus checks to help recover. Things are looking up,
The face that saves
Isn’t there more to life than basketball? That was a question sports junkie Joseph Marino asked himself in 1973 while watching the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on television. Sports and
Like father, like daughter
As COVID-19 raged last March, Captain Melvin Aleman served the community through the Salvation Army’s Norwalk, Conn., food pantry program. At the end of each day, he would rush home
