Following the outbreak of war in 1939, The Salvation Army was quick to respond to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of Canada’s military personnel. 

Indian club swinging was popular in The Salvation Army from the 1890s to the 1930s. It was not uncommon to have “club” groups that resembled timbrel brigades.

“Through my incarceration, loneliness, fear and sin, I learned with the help of God’s people at The Salvation Army that I never stand alone,” says Richard Bonds.