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The War Cry | OCTOBER 2015
REDEDICATION IN RUSSIA
T
he Chief of Staff, Commissioner
William Roberts and Commissioner
Nancy Roberts, World Secretary
for Women's Ministries, inaugurated
the new Russia Com-
mand and installed
the new officer com-
manding, Lt. Colonel
Alexander Kharkov,
during ceremonies
they conducted at the
Moscow Corps. In re-
cent years the country
has been part of the
Eastern Europe Terri-
tory, but Russia became a Salvation Army
command in its own right on August 1.
Salvationists and friends gathered from
across the vast nation to hear the Chief of
Staff express gratitude to the Lord for the
Army's work and ministry in Russia since re-
commencing efforts in the country in 1991.
Later, at officers councils, the Chief of
the Staff and Commissioner Nancy Roberts
encouraged the command's officers and
corps leaders never to
give up, but to stay
strong with Jesus and
The Salvation Army's
mission. A number of
people knelt at the
mercy seat, rededicat-
ing themselves to
the Lord.
The command lead-
ership team includes
Lt. Colonel Kharkov, Major Svetlana Sha-
rova, Command President of Women's
Ministries, Major Glenn Price, General Sec-
retary and Major Julia Price, Command
Secretary for Women's Ministries.
-- Report by Major Glenn Price
Chief of the Staff Celebrates
Inauguration of Russia Command
SOURCES/OUTLETS FOR
COMBATTING SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION:
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Salvationarmyusa.org
to donate to help the Army fight
sexual trafficking, find resources and
educational information on the subject,
learn how to protect children in the
USA from trafficking, track the Army's
prayer focus on the issue.
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Write your representatives at the
state and federal level to encourage
them to be vigilant in combatting
trafficking.
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Speak to youth groups, police, college
students, junior high and high school
students and faculties, church groups,
pregnancy resource center personnel,
civic and community groups to raise
awareness and highlight warning signs.
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT
Study Measures Impact of Ray and
Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers
T
he annual social and
economic impact of
The Salvation Army
Ray and Joan Kroc Corps
Community Centers in
their communities totals
$258,178,776, (based on
2014 data), according
to a study by Partners for
Sacred Places and
McClanahan Associates,
Inc., commissioned
by the Army.
Eleven years after Joan
Kroc's $1.5 billion bequest to
The Salvation Army, 26 Ray and
Joan Kroc Corps Community
Centers are now open across the
country, providing a variety of
cultural, educational, fitness and
social programs in underserved
neighborhoods. The centers
emphasize fitness and health,
the arts and opportunities to
build social connections.
"The research demonstrates
the social and economic impact
the Kroc Centers are having
on people from the local
community. They come, they
get healthy and they make
important social connections.
That's the hallmark of what a
Kroc Center is, and it creates
a bona fide `Economic Halo
Effect' of positive benefits," said
Commissioner David Jeffrey,
National Commander of The
Salvation Army.
The study included the 25
Kroc Centers that had been
open for at least six months
by the end of 2014. Findings
covered six areas:
� Direct spending by the centers
to hire 797 full-time and 2,288
part-time staff, and to buy
local goods and services:
$99,195,478
� Invisible safety
net offering users
membership subsidies,
scholarships, facilities and in-
kind support to individuals and
community-serving programs:
$70,601,194
� The value of improved health
through center activities:
$48,738,141
� Magnet effect of induced
spending in the local community
by center visitors:
$30,986,249
� The value of daycare programs
that allow parents to work:
$7,914,702
� Outdoor recreation space:
$743,312
The impact of individual and
family counseling, development
of social values and skills, job
searches and similar programs
that address specific community
needs were not included in the
study because they are difficult
to quantify, but are integral to
the mission of the centers.
"We thank our donors,
volunteers and community
partners for the critical role
they play in ensuring that these
community benefits continue
and grow year after year."
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Source:
www.salvationarmyusa.org/
usn/kroc-centers
Commissioners Roberts lead inauguration
ceremonies at the Moscow Corps.
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