Your vote for Tree 54 could help us win $5,000!
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Photographer John Cavallito joined Advisory Board member Ann Cavallito and other volunteers and staff to decorate the Diamond Jubilee Christmas tree for the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club at Diamond View Park near the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Club celebrates its 75th year of helping at-risk youth succeed in 2012. Vote online for TREE 54 at www.triangletreechallenge.com You can vote both ways every day until Dec. 18, starting at 8 p.m. Dec. 2. |
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Mattress Firm Toy Drive Brings in Hundreds of New Toys
Research Triangle, NC (Wednesday, December 17, 2011) – Mattress Firm's partnership with The Salvation Army this Christmas has provided nearly 400 new toys to provide Christmas joy for children throughout the Triangle who might otherwise go without this holiday season. To encourage donations, Mattress Firm offered $50 off any purchase of $499 or more when customers donate a toy.
Food Lion grants $5,000 to support hungry neighbors
DURHAM, NC (December 7, 2011) -- The Salvation Army, serving the Western Triangle for 100 years, has once again received $5,000 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. The Salvation Army will use the gift to help neighbors in need in Durham, Orange, and Person counties.
“The people who come through our doors for help have not yet seen their personal economies turn around,” said Bruce E. Smith, Major, Corps Officer. “This gift will help us to help more families keep their balance while they are still searching for work.”
'Waiting for Superman'?
He works at The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
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It’s a little after 6 p.m. on a Tuesday, and the “thwhack, thwhack” of basketballs against backboards and floorboards echoes from the open doors of the gym at The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club in Durham, North Carolina. Executive Director Joshua Dorsette’s head is under the hood of a staff member’s car, repairing the trouble that won’t let her drive home. As he pulls out the shiny broken headlamp, a passerby asks, “Do you know how to do everything, Mr. Dorsette?” “A little,” the 32-year-old allows. Read more. |
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