The Gungahlin Salvation Army now in its new building in Gungahlin will be carrying out the Red Shield Appeal Doorknock on 30th & 31st May.
In a typical week across Australia, The Salvation Army provides:
- 100,000 meals for the hungry
- 2,000 beds for the homeless
- 5,000 to 8,000 food vouchers
- Help for 1,000 people to find employment
- Refuge for 500 victims of abuse
- Assistance to 500 people addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling
- Several thousand people with counselling
- 3,000 people with aged care services
- 4,000 people in the court system with chaplaincy services
( Approximate figures )
The Salvation Army also provides a wide range of humanitarian services. These include:
- Family welfare assistance
- Refuge for women & children in crisis
- Homeless shelters
- Youth drop-in centres and support programs
- Emergency and disaster relief
- Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
- Counselling
- Family Tracing
- Bereaved by suicide
- Aged care
- Intellectual dis-ability programs
- Employment services and training programs
- Rural and outback chaplaincy
- Court & prison chaplains
- Chaplains to emergency service personnel
Over a year, this means The Salvation Army helps more than one million disadvantaged Australians each year without discrimination.
Locally, the Gungahlin Salvation Army provides emergency relief welfare, Moneycare counselling (financial counselling that includes advocacy), No Interest Loans Scheme (NILS) and is a centre for numerous other activities.
To help The Salvation Army continue its compassionate work amongst the most vulnerable in our communities, Captain Dale Brooks from the local Gungahlin site invites you to help out in either or both the following ways:
- Volunteer to knock on doors to collect donations. Simply come to your local centre at 104 The Valley Avenue Gungahlin ACT 2912 between 9am and 4pm on either day to collect your kit, identification and be briefed on how to go about this task.
- Donate to the Salvation Army. With the extensive services provided to the community, your donation will assist in these services continuing. There are a number of ways to donate, including at your front door or at the main shopping complexes in Gungahlin.
We would like to invite therefore, all who have a heart for the disadvantaged and wish to connect their sentiments and their actions at this time.
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