The Salvation Army celebrated the grand opening of the Spryfield Family Resource Centre on Herring Cove Road in the Spryfield area of Halifax. The centre is one of “three pillars” of Operation: Building Hope, The Salvation Army's capital campaign in Nova Scotia.

The Army has played a role in the Spryfield community for over 30 years, combating poverty, crime and drug abuse. Since 2003, the Cornerstone Family Centre in the Greystone area has served as a gathering place for children and adults to connect with the help they need. Yet it has only begun to make a difference.

The new Family Resource Centre─in partnership with other community groups─will offer programs that help address high rates of illiteracy, embrace children's programs to develop young minds and offer marginalized individuals and families the practical support they need, all in an effort to help break the cycle of poverty.

The centre will also be a key resource for new Canadians in the Spryfield area who may need tangible or emotional support adjusting to a new homeland and culture. Thanks to the generosity of local individuals and businesses, this new space will be a place where young and old will be encouraged to believe in themselves and see possibilities.