By Julie Matovich The Salem (Ore.) Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center honored its “Weight Loss Challenge” participants at an awards ceremony April 5 featuring T.C. Pool, a contestant on the most recent season of NBC TV’s “The Biggest Loser.” The center’s Weight Loss Challenge is an annual 10-week competitive program. This [...]
Annual concert nets thousands of dollars for Army music programs. By Teresa Engel The Salvation Army in the Portland (Ore.) Metro area celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ on March 30 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with “Something Grand,” a benefit concert for the Army’s after-school music programs. Ten grand pianos and ten pianists—all [...]
The program helps approximately 120 families each year. By Vivian Gatica The Salvation Army’s Baby Haven has provided a resource for families in Caldwell, Idaho, for the past seven years. In March alone, the Caldwell Corps, led by Lts. Brent and Kristy Church, linked five new families to the program. Baby Haven is an [...]
Annual event benefits The Salvation Army World Service. By Julie Matovich The Salvation Army Salem Corps held its 34th annual International Food Circus and Bazaar on Nov. 3 at its new site, the Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. The event featured food booths, a farmer’s market and bazaar, silent and live auctions, and [...]
Domestic violence shelter and Nike renovate clothing closet. BY TERESA ENGEL Anita Brackensick, who was promoted to Glory in 2011 following a battle with ovarian cancer, dedicated her life to ensuring women arriving at The Salvation Army West Women’s and Children’s Shelter in Portland, Ore., would have something to wear. A new clothing closet—appropriately named [...]
The Salvation Army’s 18th annual All About Kids Dinner raises over $275,000. By Teresa Engel With over 340 guests, The Salvation Army’s 18th annual All About Kids Dinner, “My Story” at the Oregon Zoo Cascade Crest Ballroom, Sept. 25 raised $275,000 for kids in need in the Portland metro community. “We are truly humbled [...]
Band performs and teaches students in the youth music programs. By Diane O’Brien, Lt. Colonel The Western Territorial Staff Band, led by Bandmaster Neil Smith, completed its first ministry weekend under its new designation as “staff band” in Portland, Ore., Oct. 12-14, both performing and teaching. “We were thrilled to come across excited, expectant [...]
By Kristy Church, Lt. The Salvation Army in Caldwell, Idaho, led by Corps Officers Lts. Brent and Kristy Church, celebrated completed renovations to its church and social services buildings with a grand reopening Sept. 23. With new steps and ramps, a new roof and draining, indoor carpet, sod and sprinkler system, and a new parking [...]
Oregon Kroc Center offers a variety of aquatics classes. By Erica Andrews In high demand every summer, swimming programs at the Kroc Center in Salem, Ore., reach capacity. Coinciding with the closure of the Salem city pool, the Kroc Center officially opened its doors in October 2009. “We have a variety of classes that [...]
Cadets coordinate community outreach ministry at the Portland Saturday Market. By Sid Salcido, Cadet This summer at the Portland (Ore.) Tabernacle Corps, we saw the real work of a Salvation Army officer—constant and always flexible. The key to this appointment is that we are truly in a teaching corps. We aren’t simply doing work, but [...]
