Salvation Army

Authors Note: Charlie, Zoe, Nate, Carson, and I did a project on the Salvation Army. In the following there is 2 passages. The first passage is about our visit there and the second is about The Red Bell Program.Our Visit to the Salvation Army
For a program called F.A.R.T. night I do at church we donated and packed break fast and snack for the salvation army. On 12/12/2011 Charlie, Zoe, Nate, Carson, and I went to drop of all of the food items. When we got there me and Nate got out of the car went in the building and looked asked for a girl we had previously e-mailed named Rachel. Once we found her she took us to get carts we could but our snack and breakfast bags we had packed in the car the day before.We ended up with three big carts filled up with breakfast and snack bags to donate to needy kids.After we brought the carts into the building Rachel showed us around.They had a huge food pantry that was stacked high with food to give to people who needed it. In addition to the food pantry they had a toy room for kids whose parents can't afford to buy toys for Christmas. Another thing they had was a chapel so people can attend church services. My favorite place that Rachel showed us was the shelter. The shelter is a place that homeless men can stay at for the night. Going to the Salvation really impacted my life, I really want to donate more now.

The Red Bell
Have you ever went to the grocery store with your parents and saw somebody ringing a red bell?If so have you ever put money in their red bucket? Assuming that you said yes you donated money directly to the Salvation Army. Which means your donating money to family's in need just in time for the holiday's! Most of you are lucky enough to receive many brightly colored packages for Christmas or Hanukkah. The people who can't afford them can go to the Salvation Army and sign up for their kids to get presents.  When they are done collecting the money for the presents they have the parents come and pick them up from the Salvation Army, so their kids can have them on Christmas. So when you pass by a red bell on the way into Walmart think of others and put a couple of dollars in for the people who need it.