Salvation Army Midland Division BlogRowland Garner arrived in St. Louis in February 2011 expecting to be locked away in federal prison. In the days prior to his long bus ride from Detroit, Rowland said farewell to friends and family, sold all of his belongings and gave away what remained. With courage and conviction, he arrived at the Federal Marshall’s [...]
By: Danielle Eickenhorst, Midland Division, Communications Specialist Brian Gordon, 46, was abandoned by his mother as a child, and given, along with his three siblings, to a grandmother who was charged with raising him. “It wasn’t a good experience,” he recalls, “My grandmother was raising me and my three siblings and she had 11 of [...]
By: Danni Eickenhorst, Content Specialist, Midland Division Odean Savage, 49, was born and raised in St. Louis, living out his youth as an active member of a devoutly Christian family. “My mother did everything right,” he recalls, but in November of 2009, Odean found himself at The Salvation Army’s Harbor Light facility on Washington Avenue, [...]
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