notes: The Salvationists I met have no unusual skills or training that distinguish them from many others. They do have, though, a commitment to dash in, and remain in, places where the natural instinct would be to flee. They soldier on. --Kathryn Jean Lopez, Organization Trends February 2002 The Salvation Army’s Disaster Services program began 100 years ago in response to a hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas and has grown into a nation-wide network involving thousands of volunteers and trained personnel. In following with our holistic ministry, we provide services that meet the immediate as well as long term physical, emotional and spiritual needs of disaster victims. These services include: food, shelter, grief counseling and financial assistance. Our disaster response teams are often the first to appear on the scene of a tragedy and the last to leave, making certain that the needs of all have been met. -> 2010 Chile Earthquake http://www.salvationarmynw.org/news/articles.asp?StoryID=850 Immediate Salvation Army response to devastating earthquake in Chile Following a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile during the early hours of Saturday morning, Salvation Army emergency Services were immediately mobilized to provide support and comfort. International financial assistance is already on the way. The Salvation Army has had a presence in Chile since 1909 and today offers social services including hospitals, schools for impoverished children and adult rehabilitation. The immediate response is to provide food, water, first aid kits, emergency packets, blankets, candles and other urgently required supplies. A recently arrived mobile canteen (a donation From The Salvation Army in the United States) is one of the key relief vehicles. Donors can visit www.salvationarmyusa.org to make a donation to support ongoing relief efforts in Chile. Also, they can text the word "chile" to 52000 to make a one-time $10 donation billed to their cell phone account. The Salvation Army personnel on the ground has placed tents to house 60 displaced families on the grounds of a Salvation Army center near Concepcion. Salvation Army officers are traveling from Puerto Montt and Osorno, in Southern Chile, to Concepcion to join The Salvation Army emergency relief response team. The earthquake epicenter was approximately 90 miles North west of the city of Concepción in Southern Chile. This is approximately 350 miles from the capital of Santiago. Nevertheless, according to officials on the ground, the quake was of a 7.0 magnitude in the Santiago metropolitan region. People have flocked to the streets as numerous aftershocks continue to pummel the country, severely affecting older buildings in the more historical areas of the larger cities. ============== The Salvationists I met have no unusual skills or training that distinguish them from many others. They do have, though, a commitment to dash in, and remain in, places where the natural instinct would be to flee. They soldier on. --Kathryn Jean Lopez, Organization Trends February 2002 The Salvation Army’s Disaster Services program began 100 years ago in response to a hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas and has grown into a nation-wide network involving thousands of volunteers and trained personnel. In following with our holistic ministry, we provide services that meet the immediate as well as long term physical, emotional and spiritual needs of disaster victims. These services include: food, shelter, grief counseling and financial assistance. Our disaster response teams are often the first to appear on the scene of a tragedy and the last to leave, making certain that the needs of all have been met.

notes: The Salvationists I met have no unusual skills or training that distinguish them from many others. They do have, though, a commitment to dash in, and remain in, places where the natural instinct would be to flee. They soldier on. --Kathryn Jean Lopez, Organization Trends February 2002 The Salvation Army’s Disaster Services program began 100 years ago in response to a hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas and has grown into a nation-wide network involving thousands of volunteers and trained personnel. In following with our holistic ministry, we provide services that meet the immediate as well as long term physical, emotional and spiritual needs of disaster victims. These services include: food, shelter, grief counseling and financial assistance. Our disaster response teams are often the first to appear on the scene of a tragedy and the last to leave, making certain that the needs of all have been met. ----------------------- HOLIDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: http://salvationarmynw.org/volunteer/holidaywork.asp WISH LIST: All The Salvation Army Wants For Christmas Is… First-Annual Christmas Wish List of Capital Needs for 2008 Includes Buildings, Appliances, Vehicles and Recreation Equipment December 3, 2007 – Every Christmas across the country, The Salvation Army helps make Christmas wishes come true by distributing donated toys, clothes and gifts to children and families in need. Today, the Army announced its own first-annual Christmas Wish List, which includes more than 488 examples of specific capital needs that The Salvation Army will use to help serve even more people in need. Items on The Salvation Army Wish List range from new buildings and disaster service vehicles to computer lab equipment and band instruments. The average cost of the items on the wish list is $231,815 thousand, with the most affordable being a kitchen meat-slicer, which rings in at $300 each. While, the most expensive gift on the list, a new adult rehabilitation center, is estimated to cost $8 million. A sample of other interesting gift ideas from around the country includes: -Gymnasium (Dover Citadel, Ohio), estimated at $500,000. The new gym will give thousands of children and adults a clean, safe place to play. It will host an after-school Learning Center and feeding program for youth. It would be the only freegymnasium in the county. -Kitchen renovation (Chicago, IL) , estimated at $60,906 The Salvation Army East Chicago Corps serves 120-150 people per day from an out-dated, residential kitchen built in 1976. Clients depend on the Corps for hot-meals and daily sustenance. -180 Folding chairs (Charleston, WV), estimated at $16,200 Thousands of children ages 6-14 from low and moderate income families attend the camp to experience the outdoors. The high-back metal folding chairs would provide seating for campers at gatherings, including Bible class. -Jungle Gym (Anaheim, CA), estimated at $70,000 The Anaheim Red Shield Youth Center in Orange County, CA, focuses on providing area youth with recreational, educational and spiritual programs. An indoor play system for 150 - 250 children ranging in age from 7 to 12 would give at-risk children somewhere to go to stay safe and have fun in a monitored setting. -Convection Oven (Bridgeport, CT), estimated at $2,729 A new convection oven will replace the gas oven in the Centers kitchen that only works on one side. The center serves 150 - 200 meals a day, and a new oven will ensure that the kitchen is safe and that food is properly prepared. Nintendo Wii (Boyertown, PA), estimated at $400 The Nintendo Wii will replace outdated gaming systems at the dmZ Teen Center program, an after-school drop-in center where teens can hang out in a safe environment. -Portable Puppet Stage (Lancaster, OH) estimated at $379.95 The portable, collapsible puppet stage will allow the puppet ministry to take their puppet shows on the road to nursing homes, community events, and adult day care centers. Approximately 100 people a month would be able to enjoy their puppet shows if they receive this stage. Please Download your state's individual Wishlist - http://www.salvationarmynw.org/news/articles.asp?StoryID=791 -> The Salvationists I met have no unusual skills or training that distinguish them from many others. They do have, though, a commitment to dash in, and remain in, places where the natural instinct would be to flee. They soldier on. --Kathryn Jean Lopez, Organization Trends February 2002 The Salvation Army’s Disaster Services program began 100 years ago in response to a hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas and has grown into a nation-wide network involving thousands of volunteers and trained personnel. In following with our holistic ministry, we provide services that meet the immediate as well as long term physical, emotional and spiritual needs of disaster victims. These services include: food, shelter, grief counseling and financial assistance. Our disaster response teams are often the first to appear on the scene of a tragedy and the last to leave, making certain that the needs of all have been met.

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notes: HOLIDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: http://salvationarmynw.org/volunteer/holidaywork.asp WISH LIST: All The Salvation Army Wants For Christmas Is… First-Annual Christmas Wish List of Capital Needs for 2008 Includes Buildings, Appliances, Vehicles and Recreation Equipment December 3, 2007 – Every Christmas across the country, The Salvation Army helps make Christmas wishes come true by distributing donated toys, clothes and gifts to children and families in need. Today, the Army announced its own first-annual Christmas Wish List, which includes more than 488 examples of specific capital needs that The Salvation Army will use to help serve even more people in need. Items on The Salvation Army Wish List range from new buildings and disaster service vehicles to computer lab equipment and band instruments. The average cost of the items on the wish list is $231,815 thousand, with the most affordable being a kitchen meat-slicer, which rings in at $300 each. While, the most expensive gift on the list, a new adult rehabilitation center, is estimated to cost $8 million. A sample of other interesting gift ideas from around the country includes: -Gymnasium (Dover Citadel, Ohio), estimated at $500,000. The new gym will give thousands of children and adults a clean, safe place to play. It will host an after-school Learning Center and feeding program for youth. It would be the only freegymnasium in the county. -Kitchen renovation (Chicago, IL) , estimated at $60,906 The Salvation Army East Chicago Corps serves 120-150 people per day from an out-dated, residential kitchen built in 1976. Clients depend on the Corps for hot-meals and daily sustenance. -180 Folding chairs (Charleston, WV), estimated at $16,200 Thousands of children ages 6-14 from low and moderate income families attend the camp to experience the outdoors. The high-back metal folding chairs would provide seating for campers at gatherings, including Bible class. -Jungle Gym (Anaheim, CA), estimated at $70,000 The Anaheim Red Shield Youth Center in Orange County, CA, focuses on providing area youth with recreational, educational and spiritual programs. An indoor play system for 150 - 250 children ranging in age from 7 to 12 would give at-risk children somewhere to go to stay safe and have fun in a monitored setting. -Convection Oven (Bridgeport, CT), estimated at $2,729 A new convection oven will replace the gas oven in the Centers kitchen that only works on one side. The center serves 150 - 200 meals a day, and a new oven will ensure that the kitchen is safe and that food is properly prepared. Nintendo Wii (Boyertown, PA), estimated at $400 The Nintendo Wii will replace outdated gaming systems at the dmZ Teen Center program, an after-school drop-in center where teens can hang out in a safe environment. -Portable Puppet Stage (Lancaster, OH) estimated at $379.95 The portable, collapsible puppet stage will allow the puppet ministry to take their puppet shows on the road to nursing homes, community events, and adult day care centers. Approximately 100 people a month would be able to enjoy their puppet shows if they receive this stage. Please Download your state's individual Wishlist - http://www.salvationarmynw.org/news/articles.asp?StoryID=791 -> The Salvationists I met have no unusual skills or training that distinguish them from many others. They do have, though, a commitment to dash in, and remain in, places where the natural instinct would be to flee. They soldier on. --Kathryn Jean Lopez, Organization Trends February 2002 The Salvation Army’s Disaster Services program began 100 years ago in response to a hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas and has grown into a nation-wide network involving thousands of volunteers and trained personnel. In following with our holistic ministry, we provide services that meet the immediate as well as long term physical, emotional and spiritual needs of disaster victims. These services include: food, shelter, grief counseling and financial assistance. Our disaster response teams are often the first to appear on the scene of a tragedy and the last to leave, making certain that the needs of all have been met. ----------------------- HOLIDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: http://salvationarmynw.org/volunteer/holidaywork.asp WISH LIST: All The Salvation Army Wants For Christmas Is… First-Annual Christmas Wish List of Capital Needs for 2008 Includes Buildings, Appliances, Vehicles and Recreation Equipment December 3, 2007 – Every Christmas across the country, The Salvation Army helps make Christmas wishes come true by distributing donated toys, clothes and gifts to children and families in need. Today, the Army announced its own first-annual Christmas Wish List, which includes more than 488 examples of specific capital needs that The Salvation Army will use to help serve even more people in need. Items on The Salvation Army Wish List range from new buildings and disaster service vehicles to computer lab equipment and band instruments. The average cost of the items on the wish list is $231,815 thousand, with the most affordable being a kitchen meat-slicer, which rings in at $300 each. While, the most expensive gift on the list, a new adult rehabilitation center, is estimated to cost $8 million. A sample of other interesting gift ideas from around the country includes: -Gymnasium (Dover Citadel, Ohio), estimated at $500,000. The new gym will give thousands of children and adults a clean, safe place to play. It will host an after-school Learning Center and feeding program for youth. It would be the only freegymnasium in the county. -Kitchen renovation (Chicago, IL) , estimated at $60,906 The Salvation Army East Chicago Corps serves 120-150 people per day from an out-dated, residential kitchen built in 1976. Clients depend on the Corps for hot-meals and daily sustenance. -180 Folding chairs (Charleston, WV), estimated at $16,200 Thousands of children ages 6-14 from low and moderate income families attend the camp to experience the outdoors. The high-back metal folding chairs would provide seating for campers at gatherings, including Bible class. -Jungle Gym (Anaheim, CA), estimated at $70,000 The Anaheim Red Shield Youth Center in Orange County, CA, focuses on providing area youth with recreational, educational and spiritual programs. An indoor play system for 150 - 250 children ranging in age from 7 to 12 would give at-risk children somewhere to go to stay safe and have fun in a monitored setting. -Convection Oven (Bridgeport, CT), estimated at $2,729 A new convection oven will replace the gas oven in the Centers kitchen that only works on one side. The center serves 150 - 200 meals a day, and a new oven will ensure that the kitchen is safe and that food is properly prepared. Nintendo Wii (Boyertown, PA), estimated at $400 The Nintendo Wii will replace outdated gaming systems at the dmZ Teen Center program, an after-school drop-in center where teens can hang out in a safe environment. -Portable Puppet Stage (Lancaster, OH) estimated at $379.95 The portable, collapsible puppet stage will allow the puppet ministry to take their puppet shows on the road to nursing homes, community events, and adult day care centers. Approximately 100 people a month would be able to enjoy their puppet shows if they receive this stage. Please Download your state's individual Wishlist - http://www.salvationarmynw.org/news/articles.asp?StoryID=791

notes: HOLIDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: http://salvationarmynw.org/volunteer/holidaywork.asp -> HOLIDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: http://salvationarmynw.org/volunteer/holidaywork.asp WISH LIST: All The Salvation Army Wants For Christmas Is… First-Annual Christmas Wish List of Capital Needs for 2008 Includes Buildings, Appliances, Vehicles and Recreation Equipment December 3, 2007 – Every Christmas across the country, The Salvation Army helps make Christmas wishes come true by distributing donated toys, clothes and gifts to children and families in need. Today, the Army announced its own first-annual Christmas Wish List, which includes more than 488 examples of specific capital needs that The Salvation Army will use to help serve even more people in need. Items on The Salvation Army Wish List range from new buildings and disaster service vehicles to computer lab equipment and band instruments. The average cost of the items on the wish list is $231,815 thousand, with the most affordable being a kitchen meat-slicer, which rings in at $300 each. While, the most expensive gift on the list, a new adult rehabilitation center, is estimated to cost $8 million. A sample of other interesting gift ideas from around the country includes: -Gymnasium (Dover Citadel, Ohio), estimated at $500,000. The new gym will give thousands of children and adults a clean, safe place to play. It will host an after-school Learning Center and feeding program for youth. It would be the only freegymnasium in the county. -Kitchen renovation (Chicago, IL) , estimated at $60,906 The Salvation Army East Chicago Corps serves 120-150 people per day from an out-dated, residential kitchen built in 1976. Clients depend on the Corps for hot-meals and daily sustenance. -180 Folding chairs (Charleston, WV), estimated at $16,200 Thousands of children ages 6-14 from low and moderate income families attend the camp to experience the outdoors. The high-back metal folding chairs would provide seating for campers at gatherings, including Bible class. -Jungle Gym (Anaheim, CA), estimated at $70,000 The Anaheim Red Shield Youth Center in Orange County, CA, focuses on providing area youth with recreational, educational and spiritual programs. An indoor play system for 150 - 250 children ranging in age from 7 to 12 would give at-risk children somewhere to go to stay safe and have fun in a monitored setting. -Convection Oven (Bridgeport, CT), estimated at $2,729 A new convection oven will replace the gas oven in the Centers kitchen that only works on one side. The center serves 150 - 200 meals a day, and a new oven will ensure that the kitchen is safe and that food is properly prepared. Nintendo Wii (Boyertown, PA), estimated at $400 The Nintendo Wii will replace outdated gaming systems at the dmZ Teen Center program, an after-school drop-in center where teens can hang out in a safe environment. -Portable Puppet Stage (Lancaster, OH) estimated at $379.95 The portable, collapsible puppet stage will allow the puppet ministry to take their puppet shows on the road to nursing homes, community events, and adult day care centers. Approximately 100 people a month would be able to enjoy their puppet shows if they receive this stage. Please Download your state's individual Wishlist - http://www.salvationarmynw.org/news/articles.asp?StoryID=791

notes: -> HOLIDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: http://salvationarmynw.org/volunteer/holidaywork.asp
website: -> http://www.salvationarmynw.org/
areas_served: -> Washington, Northern Idaho, Western Montana
eligibility: Washington, Northern Idaho, Western Montana ->
temp_perm: Temporary -> Permanent
mission: Committed to Doing the Most Good with your contributions of money, time, and resources -> Committed to Doing the Most Good with your contributions of money, time, and resources The Salvation Army Northwest Division offers a wide range of social services in 34 towns and cities in Washington, Montana and northern Idaho. In addition, a large network, Service Extension, makes it possible for people in small communities to access Salvation Army emergency services anywhere in the three state region. To find out what is available and how to access services near you please click here The Salvation Army is an integral part of each community in which it is located. Along with a network of other organizations and services, The Army exists to meet the needs of the people who live in that community. In more than 100-years of service around the world and here in the Pacific Northwest, The Salvation Army has earned the trust of the communities we are part of and strives to merit continued support. The manner in which need for assistance is verified and the spirit in which help is given are at the heart of Army service. The compassion and understanding shown in an emergency may open the way for assistance with deep-seated problems and long-term deprivation. Needs may be revealed for counseling, placement, day care, rehabilitation, referral, or other help.