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NEWS ABOUT: Salvation Army

Salvation Army stories: 6 news summaries
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 World's Most Legendary Bars 


Jun 27, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even the most enjoyable vacation can leave you in need of a drink, and bars make great, offbeat places to learn about the history of your destination. The staff of VirtualTourist.com shares its favorite legendary watering holes with Reuters:
  • Harry’s Bar, Venice: Famed Hemingway haunt claims
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travel • London • New York • Rio de Janeiro • Oakland • bars • Salvation Army • whiskey • Malta • Venice • 1906 San Francisco earthquake • Ernest Hemingway • Harry's Bar • Bellini • Jay-ZTV • carpaccio • Blind Beggar • White Horse Tavern • Dylan Thomas • Garota de Ipanema • Oliver Reed • The Pub • Heinold%u2019s First and Last Chance Bar • Jack London

(Newser) - A multi-billion-dollar plan to install upscale Salvation Army community centers in US cities has hit the recession skids, the New York Times reports. Joan B. Kroc, widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, left $1.8 billion for the Army to build some 30 complexes featuring pools and ice rinks.... More »

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McDonald's • recession • Salvation Army • community center

Cutbacks Hit Faith-Based Charities as Need Rises

Slashed state budgets leave programs with reduced funding

Feb 20, 09 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The recession has hit faith-based charities hard, threatening to cut off vital services for the sick, poor, and elderly, the Washington Post reports. With state and local budgets strapped for cash, contracts and grants for the groups—including the Salvation Army and Catholic Charities—have been slashed or delayed across... More »

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social services • charity • nonprofit • Catholic • faith based initiatives • Salvation Army • recession depression

Economy Spells Weary Christmas for Toy Charities

Donations off as much as 30%, some say

Dec 18, 08 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Across the country, charities that dole out gifts to underprivileged kids have seen donations fall off steeply compared to last holiday season, USA Today reports. Some are reporting as much as a 30% decline in giving as the economy flags. “Families that would normally have been helping us... More »

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toys • charity • donation • Christmas • gift • Salvation Army • financial crisis • economic downturn • presents

Is Your Castoff Their Cross?

$1B in Western clothes flood poorer nations
and may undercut businesses

Dec 14, 08 8:20 PM CST
(Newser) - When you gave away last year's clothes, you probably didn't think that poor nations would pay big bucks for them. Yet castoffs are a $1 billion business, the Spectator reports, and may be threatening African cotton growers by flooding their nascent markets. Oxfam argues that its castoffs create jobs—washers,... More »

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Africa • fashion • Salvation Army • sellers • job • second-hand clothing • cotton

Lead Toys Get Charities Grinchy

Checking endless recall lists saps limited resources for many

Nov 21, 07 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Rampant toy recalls are putting a real cramp in the holiday spirit at many charities, MSNBC reports. Toy drives must devote so much manpower to checking donations against lists of lead-contaminated recalls that many have stopped the Santa act entirely. “You don’t know what you’re getting, you... More »

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Chinese toys • toy recalls • Christmas • lead tainted toys • Salvation Army

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