Salvation Army Midland Division BlogNominations being accepted for the Riverbend Unsung Hero Award By: Laura Grainger Every day there are people who serve the Alton Riverbend community and go unnoticed. You may live across the street from them. You see the hard work they give day in and day out. Here is your chance to give them some recognition. [...]
By: Danni Eickenhorst, Midland Division, Content Specialist During the course of a 20-minute interview, John Holt answers the telephone at The Salvation Army’s Alton homeless shelter five times, each time having to turn away potential residents. “I’m sorry,” he said, “We’re full right now, but if you call back tomorrow, I’ll let you know if [...]
By: Danni Eickenhorst, MidlandDivision, Content Specialist Phil George turned 18 in the Illinois Juvenile Correction System. He entered adulthood battling mental illness, addiction and ghosts from his early days. At 16, he was kicked out of his childhood home. Suffering from parental rejection and abuse, he turned to borderline behaviors and had been jailed for [...]
The Salvation Army announces the kick-off of their Adopt-A-Bed program, a sponsorship and donation program to support the work of the O’Fallon and Alton homeless shelters. The Salvation Army provides services to families in the St. Louis area, and seeks to help them break the cycle of poverty, by helping them to become stable and [...]
“I had this great network of people that believed in me.” By: Sacre Ntumba and Danni Eickenhorst, Midland Division Only two years ago, Amanda McDonald felt as though she was battling for her life. She was on the verge of being homeless after a layoff, enduring the hardship of divorce and feeling rejected by many [...]
By: Danni Eickenhorst, Content Specialist, Midland Division Toddle Towne, a local Alton daycare and preschool center has been in Alton since 1988, and having watched the residents of Alton battle economic hardships and flooding over that time period, the center believes strongly in supporting local non-profits such as The Salvation Army. Sharon Velloff, the Beginners [...]
By: Sacre Ntumba and Danni Eickenhorst, Midland Division It’s Friday July 1 and today, we are visiting The Salvation Army’s Alton corps. As an intern, this is my first visit to a Salvation Army community center, and I am struck by how welcoming the place is. Here, visitors are greeted by a warm and welcoming [...]
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