The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary will recognize women in Hampton Roads who work to make lasting change in their community. Evangeline Booth was the embodiment of a strong woman. She was full of faith, met adversity straight on and was not afraid to get her hands dirty. Ms. Booth was born in 1865 to The Salvation Army’s founder, William Booth. In Evangeline Booth’s spirit of faith and an attitude of Read More ...
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Letrice’s Story
On her wedding day a couple years ago, Letrice waited and waited at the church for her fiance. She didn’t hear from him and after Read More ...
The Salvation Army Tidewater Area Command is set to open the doors to its Christmas Depot on Monday, December 12 at 9:00 a.m. for Christmas distribution. This year, thanks to the generous support of the Hampton Roads community, The Salvation Army is poised to serve more than 39,000 individuals during the Christmas season. The Christmas Depot, 4725 Virginia Beach Blvd., will see roughly 1,200 guests a day seeking toys, clothing, Read More ...
There’s still more work for those in need in our community that needs to be done in the last few days of 2011 and well into 2012. With the lingering recession, we have seen an increase in families and individuals requesting our services and while we hope to never turn anyone away, sometimes we don’t have the funds or resources to help. As you’re considering making a tax deductible year-end Read More ...
There’s still more work for those in need in our community that needs to be done in the last few days of 2011 and well into 2012. With the lingering recession, we have seen an increase in families and individuals requesting our services and while we hope to never turn anyone away, sometimes we don’t have the funds or resources to help. As you’re considering making a tax deductible year-end Read More ...
On her wedding day a couple years ago, Letrice waited and waited at the church for her fiance. She didn’t hear from him and after a few hours returned home to learn that he’d been murdered, shot six times. It was September, he was the primary bread-winner for their household, the two of them and her son, and Letrice and her 6 year-old son Noah had just had their world Read More ...
Joseph has been homeless in Norfolk, Virginia since May of 2011. Since then he’s visited a few shelters but spends most of his time at The Salvation Army emergency men’s shelter on 19th Street in Norfolk. It’s obvious to us that the programs and services that he participates in at the shelter are a help to him. In fact, when we first arrived at the shelter to interview someone and Read More ...
April and her three boys are residents in The Salvation Army’s transitional housing program, HOPE Village. Before coming to The Salvation Army, April and her sons were homeless in Norfolk for four months. They lived in a shelter and April took three buses a day to get her children to daycare and herself to work. She’s been at The Salvation Army for two moths now and has saved money, maintained Read More ...



