The 2009 WOOD TV8 Angel Tree Toy Drive has offically started. Share the true meaning of the Christmas season by helping children in need throughout West Michigan. To sign up now to be an Angel Tree Toy Drive collection site, click here.

Throughout our area, requests for help from The Salvation Army are dramatically increasing. Operation Shield of Hope is The Salvation Army’s emergency response to this crisis. Please call 1-800-SAL-ARMY or to donate online, click here.

With the economy struggling, our neighbors are struggling too and in growing numbers are coming to The Salvation Army for help. If you’re someone who has ever considered volunteering to be a Red Kettle Bell Ringer, you need to know that now is the time we really need your help. To volunteer, click here.

In an environmentally friendly shift to a digital format, The Salvation Army has released its 2009 National Annual Report exclusively online. The annual report’s digital format allows The Salvation Army to broadly communicate with its donors in a way it has never done before. To view the interactive Annual Report, click here.

You can now ring a bell online. Join an existing kettle team, host a new kettle team, register as an individual and then place your virtual kettle on your blog or Facebook profile. Start ringing today. To learn more, click here.

The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center will be a 20-acre education, recreation and cultural arts and worship facility.  Made possible by a substantial gift from the late philanthropist Mrs. Joan Kroc, as well as the generous support of individuals, organizations and families throughout West Michigan, the Center will provide a variety of programs for individuals of all ages. To learn more, click here.

Nearly 5,600 families have been assisted with emergency food, utility and rent support.