While we are thinking about planning a fun holiday to Las Vegas and forgetting about our problems for a few days. We should not forget about all the people being displaced and impacted by Hurricane Gustav. These people will need the basic everyday supplies, food, water, medicine, shelter, clothes. And many will have lost much more.Please try to donate what you can to help out. I made my donat
Has anyone seen this new Salvation Army commercial where the woman is standing alongside sad or traumatic situations ringing her bell? The Salvation Army gives money to the needy and helps do good things and that’s wonderful, we need more of that in this crappy little world. The woman with the bell however is a problem. They want you to help people, and their example to the people is some chick standing around with a bell not doing a damn thing. She rings her bell. Whooptie doo. They show her standing over a homeless drunk just trying to get some sleep as she rings her bell, no doubt annoying the shit out of the poor man. Here’s an idea, why don’t you give him the bell so he can sell it and get some food maybe? Instead she stands where practically alerting the world that there’s a homeless man in front of her. Not only is this embarrassing him and keeping him awake, but it’s also going to alert other homeless men and delinquent children as to his
By Rick Bedard The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League have been a success on the field since joining the league as an expansion team in 1960.“America’s Team” has been just as successful off the field and is considered to be one of the most valuable sports teams in North America. To top it all off, the Cowboys are a fan favorite franchise in the State of Texas, the United States and well beyond. Luckily for the people of Dallas and area, and nationwide, the great success of the Cowboys organization hasn’t just been limited to the football field, it has flowed over into the community and country that it calls home. Owner of the NFL Dallas Cowboys for the past 18 years, Jerry Jones is at the heart of the organization and its success.Together, he, his wife Gene and their family manage and operate the franchise. All three of the Jones children are part of the Cowboys organization and are actively involved with the day-to-day operation of the franchise. Thankfully for the
BOURNEMOUTH — Winton Salvationist Mary Randell has received an MBE for her work with the homeless. The caring pensioner who washes the feet of homeless people has been awarded an MBE for her services to the community in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Mrs Mary Randell, 64, is an active church member of The Salvation Army [...]
An Anchorage Salvation Army thrift store has agreed to pay a $76,906 penalty to settle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for alleged violations of the asbestos National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (asbestos NESHAP) under the Clean Air Act.In response to customer complaints, EPA conducted an inspection of a thrift store operated by the Salvation Army in Anchorage in September 2005, and found untrained workers removing over 7,500 square feet of asbestos-containing floor tile during business hours. EPA’s inspector determined the floor tile was in a deteriorated state and easily crumbled with hand pressure. The store had already disposed of much of the broken floor tile prior to the inspection. Samples collected by EPA’s inspector showed the floor tile contained asbestos.Upon learning of the asbestos concern, the Salvation Army immediately closed the store, located on Northern Lights Boulevard, and kept it closed until an abatement company was abl
