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Because
Need Knows No Season, The Salvation Army provides assistance
to those in need 365 days a year. |
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Founded
by William Booth in 1865, The Salvation Army is an international
organization that meets the physical and spiritual needs
of people in 107 countries around the globe, and nearly
1,400 communities across America without discrimination. |
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The Salvation
Army assists more than 33 million individuals throughout
the year in the United States – over 6 million of
those during the holiday season alone. |
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The Salvation
Army operates several domestic violence shelters nationwide,
where abused women and children can get a fresh start
in life, safely and confidentially. |
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The Salvation
Army operates AIDS hospices in several cities across the
country including The Bethesda House in Los Angeles. |
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The Salvation
Army has more than 1.6 million volunteers and provides
assistance to those in need through more than 9,000 service
units across the country. |
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The Salvation
Army operates a Missing Persons Service, which reunites
more than 2,000 people annually. |
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The Salvation
Army’s League of Mercy visited over 5 million people
with special needs in hospitals, nursing homes, and correctional
facilities last year. |
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The Salvation
Army was at the frontlines in World Wars I and II, offering
comfort and pastoral guidance. |
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The Chronicle
of Philanthropy has ranked The Salvation Army as the Number
1 charity in the United States for eight consecutive years. |
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Peter Drucker
called The Salvation Army “by far the most effective
organization in the U.S.,” in Forbes magazine. |
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The Salvation
Army flag is the only flag, other than the U.S. flag,
to have flown on the moon. |
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Known
for their brass band music, The Salvation Army has approximately
2,500 brass bands worldwide. |
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Since the
1920’s, a Salvation Army brass band from Southern
California has marched in the Rose Bowl Parade. |
