SALVATION ARMY AIDS VICTIMS OF MAJOR FOREST FIRE
June 16, 2008 - Since Friday, raging forest fires within Halifax Regional Municipality have forced 4,000 people to be evacuated from close to 2,300 homes. A reception centre and shelter was immediately set up at Cole Harbour Place, a multi-purpose building, and The Salvation Army was called on to provide feeding at the shelter. MORE...
SALVATION ARMY ASSISTS WITH FLOOD CLEAN UP OPERATIONS more...
GOVERNMENT "BUILDING HOPE" WITH SALVATION ARMY - (source: www.gov.ns.ca) Picture: Bill Black, Salvation Army campaign chair, receives a cheque from Premier MacDonald and Minister Streatch while the Salvation Army's Diane Vanderhorden looks on.The government is partnering with the Salvation Army to support the Operation: Building Hope capital fundraising campaign. May 26, 2008 - Premier Rodney MacDonald and Community Services Minister Judy Streatch were at the Salvation Army's Booth Centre in Halifax today, May 26, to donate $825,000 to the Maritime division's first capital campaign. "Government is pleased to be partnering once again with the Salvation Army to bring hope and relief to Nova Scotians," said the premier. "We are providing $825,000 to the Salvation Army to help them concentrate on repairing lives rather than fixing roofs." more...
HUMILITY, HUMANITY AND HOPE - THE GREATNESS OF WALTER GRETZKY more....
LAKEVIEW MANOR RECEIVES CCHSA ACCREDITATION
Lakeview Manor's executive director, Major Shirley King, and long-time board member and volunteer, Russell Coates, have a good reason to smile as the nursing home's new accreditation certficate is proudly displayed at the main entryway. April 21, 2008-The Salvation Army Lakeview Manor is pleased to announce that it has once again received full accreditation from the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation. The 50-bed level 3 nursing home in Riverview was surveyed by the CCHSA last November, in a process that included focus groups and team interviews along with an on-site visit. The report was received earlier this month. more...
BUSINESSES GIVE $115,000 TO SALVATION ARMY 
From left to right. Front row: Rick Latimer, Bluewave Energy; Debbie Jamieson, Canadian Oil Heat Association (COHA); Gerald Weseen, Nova Scotia Power; Premier Rodney MacDonald; Diane van der Horden, Salvation Army; Minister Jamie Muir, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, Mike Read, Irving Oil Back row: Brett Wilmore, Wilson's Fuels, Gary Highfield, Wilson's Fuels; Dave Graham, Ultramar; Johnny Grant, Irving Oil; Allan Campbell, Irving Oil The Chronicle Herald February 22, 2008 - The future just got a little warmer for hundreds more low-income Nova Scotians struggling to heat their homes this winter, thanks to businesses that have donated $115,000 worth of cash and heating oil to the Salvation Army. "This is a day of celebration. These days don't happen every day," Diane Van Der Horden, spokeswoman for the Salvation Army, said as the charity announced help for an additional 450 families through its Good Neighbour and Share the Fuel programs. more...
PROVINCE DONATES TO SALVATION ARMY GOOD NEIGHBOUR ENERGY PROGRAM February 14, 2008 - Up to 800 families will get extra help to stay warm thanks to a $200,000 donation the province is making to The Salvation Army's Good Neighbour Program. more...
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