solace at shelter in
Albany, NY.
goes door-to-door
offering aid.
DELAWARE used Face-
book to ask people to
donate water. Within a
few hours people donated
500 cases of water to
The Salvation Army.
APPROACHED a
volunteer at a canteen in
Hoboken, NJ seeking food
for herself and her dis-
abled parents. She was
crying because she had
gone to the store to find
that milk was $5 per
quart and bread $7 a
loaf. The volunteer imme-
diately brought out a loaf
of bread and dinner for
her and her parents.
mobile canteen with his
four sons. As with many
survivors of the storm, he
was distraught and began
to cry. He spoke no
English and his sons
translated his words.
The father was so over-
whelmed with the simple
gift of fruit and bread that
all he could say through
his sons was "Thank you,
thank you."
COLORADO had been
staying with relatives, and
they lost power and had
no food. After he called the
Army corps for assistance,
a worker prepared a box of
food to take to the address.
It turned out to be a senior
housing complex. An eld-
erly woman answered the
apartment door, grabbed
the worker's hand and
began to cry. She and her
husband, a veteran now
bed-ridden, were badly in
need of food and supplies.
The worker arranged for
more deliveries, and spent
hours with the couple
providing much-needed
companionship.
REPORTS that a 100�
year�old gentleman found
himself in the Hunterdon
County, NJ shelter. "As we
sat together with his wife
and a few newly made
friends, we began talking
about his time in active
service during WW II. He
spoke appreciatively of the
services The Salvation
Army gave while he was
far from home. I'm proud
to be even the smallest
part of an organization
that offered this beautiful
man warmth in the cold, a
sense of home in an alien
place and light in the
darkness."
on in a home near one
Army locations, a surge
caused the home to burn
to the ground, leaving a
woman and four children
with nothing. The Army
provided them clothing
and will help with fur-
nishings once they have
a place to live.
HURRICANE SANDY
made landfall, a woman
was in the hospital for
an emergency c-section.
Meanwhile, her husband
had to return to his native
country. Her apartment
was completely flooded.
Her landlord dropped her,
her newborn and her two�
year�old at an Army shel-
ter. An officer took the
woman and her children
to a local clinic where they
were given a clean bill of
health. Learning that the
woman was wearing the
same clothing she had left
the hospital in, the officer
bought her new clothing
and necessary items for
her children. Case workers
are arranging for her to be
legally reunited with her
husband.
on New York's Coney
Island.
plies at one of the many
distribution centers.