Salvation Army Midland Division BlogBy: Major K. Kendall Mathews In the midst of the recovery efforts in Harrisburg, Ill, a group of motorcycle men and women came wheeling into the Harrisburg Thrift Store parking lot ready to give back to this hurting community. Not just any motor club, but one with a mission in line with The Salvation Army, [...]
Clark & Washington Counties, IN—The Salvation Army has finished its first full day of operations in response to yesterday’s deadly tornadoes. In Henryville, the Army is serving 800 meals a day to survivors and emergency personnel. It was an emotional day for residents as they got their first clear view of the destruction in their [...]
Food, Beverages, and Spiritual and Emotional Care Provided to Those In Need Alexandria, Virginia (March 3, 2012) – The Salvation Army continues to provide aid to impacted areas of the Midwest and Southern United States following a historic day that produced more tornadoes than in all of March in past years. Salvation Army Emergency Disaster [...]
The Salvation Army continues to provided needed assistance to those in the Branson area that were affected by Wednesday’s damaging storms. A Salvation Army mobile feeding unit, or canteen, is currently stationed outside the Branson Mall and providing food, water and snacks to anyone in need. Emotional and spiritual counseling is also available. This canteen [...]
The Salvation Army continues to provide much-needed assistance to those in Branson, Missouri and Harrisburg, Illinois in response to Wednesday’s tornadoes damaging storms, standing ever-vigilant with those communities in the face of Friday’s storms. Branson As the Branson-area disaster relief efforts progress and change, so too does The Salvation Army’s response in meeting the immediate [...]
In the wake of the Leap Day storms that tore through Kansas, Missouri and Illinois Tuesday and Wednesday, Salvation Army disaster crews responded swiftly to aid first responders and survivors in affected areas. Crews in Branson focused primarily on meeting immediate needs of those most heavily damaged areas of Branson, along Highway 76. A canteen [...]
NEW YEAR, NEW HOPE, NEW CHALLENGES: A Blog Series This entry is from Anthony DiStefano, Director of the Midland Divsion’s Emergency Disaster Services The April floods of the Mississippi River in Southeastern Missouri stretching from Cape from Girardeau to New Madrid; the floods of the same month of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in both Southwestern [...]
A message from our Emergency Disaster Services Department When the temperatures drop in Missouri and Southern Illinois, the region often deals with an assortment of winter weather concerns – from ice and snow to extreme cold. In recent St. Louis winters, we have seen massive icing and widespread power outages throughout the area. In addition [...]
By: Anthony DiStefano, Emergency Services Director, Midland Division Tornados, earthquakes, floods, civil unrest, and the list goes on. Whatever the disaster may be, you may need to survive on your own once a disaster strikes. This means having your own food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity to last for at least four days. [...]
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