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Hitting close to home

Hitting close to home

By Robert Mitchell|2024-05-14T03:29:26-04:00June 1st, 2020|

The COVID–19 “hotspot” known as Chelsea, Mass., continues to attract national attention as hungry people line up each day for food at the Chelsea/East Boston Salvation Army. However, this tells only part of the story. Separately from the corps, the Massachusetts Division’s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) team has partnered with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the city of Chelsea, and the National Guard to provide almost 5,000 emergency food boxes to the troubled city.

Finding love in the age of COVID

Finding love in the age of COVID

By Robert Mitchell|2024-05-14T03:26:59-04:00May 28th, 2020|

Major Nancy Townsend was a retired officer and had been [...]

Masking their disappointment

Masking their disappointment

By Robert Mitchell|2024-05-14T03:25:15-04:00May 27th, 2020|

he girls’ robotics team at Horizon Science Academy Columbus High School in Ohio was disappointed last month when COVID–19 canceled the state competitions. But while some may have moped, two teachers at the charter school were determined to turn the bad break into something positive and help community groups such as The Salvation Army. The teachers used materials left over from the robotics program and the school’s 3D printers to design plastic masks, which have been in high demand since the outbreak.

Back in business

Back in business

By Robert Mitchell|2024-05-14T03:23:46-04:00May 25th, 2020|

Ohio’s six Adult Rehabilitation Centers (ARCs) and their accompanying Family Stores reopened the week of May 11, albeit slowly and under the safety precautions of the “new normal.”

Veterans helping kids

Veterans helping kids

By Robert Mitchell|2024-05-14T03:21:31-04:00May 24th, 2020|

The small town of Bloomsburg, Pa., is blessed with plenty of food banks that have kept local residents fed during the COVID–19 outbreak. However, the area’s children have grown restless during the quarantine. Michael Schmid, the treasurer and a volunteer at the Bloomsburg Salvation Army Service Center, said he had heard complaints from parents that their children were “driving us nuts” being at home all the time.

The show goes on

The show goes on

By Robert Mitchell|2024-05-14T03:19:44-04:00May 23rd, 2020|

When there’s no school, there’s also no after school. That didn’t sit well with the folks who run The Salvation Army’s Roller Enrichment Academy (REA) after–school program at Steelton Elementary near Harrisburg, Pa. REA is a federally funded, 21st Century Community Learning Center program.