Heather, a designer by trade, wasn’t sure what she wanted to do next. Having recently lost her father, her friend Renee, also a designer, gifted her a paintbrush with a simple message: “paint the life you want.”

​When our Marsh Road Boys & Girls Club had the opportunity to start a garden, we didn’t have to look far for someone to help out with the new program. Elizabeth Miller was already volunteering with us on a regular basis, and she couldn’t wait to get involved with this new project.

Planet Fitness announced it has awarded 15 youth from Boys & Girls Clubs across the country with $5,000 individual scholarships. Our very own "Youth of the Year" was one of the lucky 15.

​This week, The Leon Levine Foundation announced that it was awarding The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte a grant in the amount of $150,000 to address critical needs in the community.

The following statement on the separation of families at the U.S. border was issued by The Salvation Army on June 20, 2018:

Yesterday was an exciting day at our Marsh Road Boys & Girls Club. National Pawn outfitted our technology center with 10 new desktop computers to replace antiquated ones, which were more than a decade old and not very functional for our members.

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By now, you most likely have heard the news that the United Way of Central Carolinas recently restructured its staffing as well as its funding strategy. The Salvation Army supports these adjustments and will…

There’s a conversation going on in Charlotte about an important topic: affordable housing, or rather, the lack thereof. WSOC recently gave this topic some much needed attention on its Price Out of Charlotte feature. And, The Salvation Army continued the conversation this week,

​In a few short weeks, campers from The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Charlotte will gather at Salvation Army Camp Walter Johnson. They will kiss their loved ones goodbye and climb on a bus headed for a week of building lifelong friendships, reconnecting with nature, and participating in action-packed activities that help them face challenges, develop confidence, and learn valuable life lessons.

“I was walking past the building,” he said. “And, God turned me around when I was 10 steps past it.”