Category: Bequest Stories
Legacy flows from lifetime of support
27 September 2015
“When dad came back from the war he couldn’t speak highly enough of the Red Shield chaplains who looked after the troops. From then on, mum and I always gave a donation.” – Brenda For Brisbane-based retirees Jim and Brenda...
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Amazing grace - I was found!
14 September 2015
George, born in Britain as the eighth child of 11, lives in the Sydney suburb of Balmain, and says with certainty that he would be 'long dea...
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A 'family' for the force
19 February 2014
"My life really began to unravel, I was injured at work and basically I did not know how to deal with it. It was a significant injury and it...
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Oasis offers life-changing support
19 March 2013
"A lot of the young people that we work with actually live with their grandparents. They’re in a later phase of their life where they...
Read moreGratitude for rich life flows on to others
18 March 2013
When Joy’s* daughter spoke to Alana Parker of The Salvation Army Aged Care Plus (ACP) about her mother’s gifting of her estate...
Read moreTechnology to the community
19 August 2012
A new Salvation Army centre in Newcastle, which houses a number of services including the relocated Oasis Hunter Youth Network, has been ope...
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Essential women's service expands
19 August 2012
The Salvation Army’s Catherine Haven centre in Broken Hill - the only crisis refuge for women and their children for at least 300km i...
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Help and hope for men in crisis
21 February 2012
“To see the emotional condition of some of the guys who come in here, I’m sure if we weren’t there to help, the suicide...
Read moreNew building, new possibilities
19 February 2012
The Salvation Army recently built 23 new units in the inner city suburb of Narrabundah (ACT), for (public) Housing ACT tenants, who are agei...
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Stabilising homeless families
16 February 2012
It is so sad that our service is just growing and growing. It would be lovely if we weren’t needed any longer!” - Lana Luxford...
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