Two participants in the program share their experience—Simon Gough from the Canada and Bermuda Territory, in the mentor role, and Dominique Bradley from the United Kingdom, in the emerging songwriter role.

As a Kodakid, one of many British children evacuated to North America to escape German bombs, Major Pam  Woods, feels that the experience was the most formative one of her life. And she is grateful.

The Salvation Army surveyed more than 1,500 Canadians to better understand their attitudes, behaviours and experiences on issues such as the availability of housing and food, general affordability and related health outcomes.

At Nanaimo Community Church, B.C., an art therapy program is blending creativity, community and mental-health support into a unique and accessible therapeutic experience. The program is led by Hannah Arabsky, an art therapist who also works part time at the Salvation Army thrift store in Nanaimo. “I grew up in an artistic family,” she says. “I

As Faye Michelson found out over an encounter at a supermrket express line, the opportunities to offer small gestures of kindness are often fleeting; hesitate and they are gone.

With A Salvation Army Chaplain in World War I, Dr. R. Gordon Moyles has collected and and annotated Robert Penfold’s wartime letters for a new generation of readers, providing a look into an overlooked aspect of Salvation Army history.

Living History is an ongoing series showcasing just a small assortment of the more than 350,000 items housed at The Salvation Army Heritage Centre in Toronto. This month, we highlight Salvationist Cecil Mouland’s Bible, like him, a survivor of the SS Newfoundland. In early March 1914, eight young men from the northeast Newfoundland and Labrador

Hurricane Melissa is the most severe to strike the island in modern history.

The Loren Hotels Group has donated furniture and household items to The Salvation Army in Bermuda, which will primarily support the Army’s shelter programs. The hotel group is currently redeveloping the former Elbow Beach Hotel property into a new hospitality site. During an initial walkthrough of the location, members of the construction team noticed that furnishings in some rooms, such as beds, chairs and lamps, had been left behind in good condition. “Instead of throwing all this out, we wanted to give others a chance to use it,” says Billy Dixon of the Loren Hotels Group. “There was no reason for it to go to waste.”

Ryan Daw is the community and family services co-ordinator at The Salvation Army in Fort Frances, Ont. In June, he was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal, which recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to their communities.