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<item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army Now at Work in 120 Countries]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:56:38 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A New Beginning in Nicaragua]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/77166EE69D23319C862576E8006D8E5E?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: American Idol Kris Allen Visits The Salvation Army In Haiti]]></title><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:32:50 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Courtesy of the United Nations, Kris Allen, the 2009 winner of American Idol, recently visited Haiti. The visits intention was to bring awareness to the work in Haiti as well as the continued need for support in the ongoing efforts to help those affected by the January 12 earthquake....]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/EE513FC2596C417F862576D800137C80?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army Responds to Chilean Earthquake]]></title><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:31:16 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Following a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile during the early hours of Saturday morning (27 February), Salvation Army emergency Services were immediately mobilized to provide support and comfort...]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/1D73A8BFF0E4F017862576D8000DD98A?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Text-to-Give to Salvation Army Relief Efforts in Chile]]></title><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:23:54 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To support its relief efforts in Chile, The Salvation Army has already established a text-to-give program that works on all major cell-phone carriers within the United States. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/BC53D5C5921C4818862576D8000D2CC8?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: UPS Tracking Technology Used to Streamline Salvation Army Supply Distribution in Haiti]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:32:03 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Port Au Prince, February 23, 2010: The Salvation Army is replacing handwritten paper index cards with high-tech barcode technology to ensure that more than 4,000 families here efficiently receive food, shelter and medical supplies. UPS has donated the technology and adapted it for disaster relief supply distribution.

The system is based on UPS's Trackpad technology, which UPS customers use to track packages within campus environments as the packages move from the loading dock to distributed offices for delivery.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/37071FF7A391FB35862576D300764AC7?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army Responds to Austin, Texas Plane Crash]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:21:45 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Salvation Army, Austin Area Command, has deployed a canteen (mobile feeding unit) to the downtown office building that was struck by a single engine plane a little after 10:00 AM Thursday morning.

At the request of the Austin Emergency Operations Center, Salvation Army staff and volunteers are on site providing food and hydration to the first responders. It is anticipated that the feeding unit will continue to serve responders for several days as the investigation into the crash takes place. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/50304EC0A58E062F862576CE00755947?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: In Haiti FedEx, UPS, DHL Focused on Needs]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:09:25 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An extraordinary earthquake requires an extraordinary response-a response that The Salvation Army has been able to mount due, in no small measure, to the collaborative efforts of Federal Express, UPS, and DHL. In fact, within the first month of this disaster, The Salvation Army delivered 558,000 pounds of relief supplies for the suffering people of Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/37D12F5C80133544862576CC00534275?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Stories of people linked to The Salvation Army's emergency relief effort]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:25:50 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The resilience of children is remarkable. Judging from the smiles on the faces of two small girls currently living in the Salvation Army compound in the Delmas 2 area of Port-au-Prince, life is fine - and yet, taking a quick glance at their surroundings, it's hard to imagine how they can be so cheerful.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/9E06CDA8BF82D611862576C6005FBFC8?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Salvation Army Assists Latest Haiti Survivor]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:32:06 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Salvation Army personnel provided initial triage to the latest survivor of the Haitian earthquake. Evan Ocinia, a 28 year old man, was brought to The Army's clinic in the Delmas 2 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince after being miraculously pulled from the rubble in the Lionshead marketplace on the morning of February 8th- 28 days after the earthquake that destroyed nearly the entire country. Two men digging thorough the rubble heard Evans calling out to them. They pulled him out and took him to The Army's clinic.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/3CC237211F3A476B862576C500555637?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Target&#8217;s Facebook Cards Help Salvation Army]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:47:32 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Target is giving away $1 million among five charitable organizations with a goal to help the charities' educational programs. This campaign runs from January 31 until February 14. Through Super Love Sender, Target will allow visitors of their Facebook page (facebook.com/Target) to send one of three customizable video cards with themes of Valentine's Day and football to friends and loved ones. Target will give one vote per card to the organization the card sender chooses. The number of votes determines how much of the $1 million that charity will receive. Card senders can send up to 10 cards. Final donation allocations will be announced February 15.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/1036EA14142AA2EF862576BF0061BCA8?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Salvation Army to Reopen School in Port-au-Prince Haiti Following Earthquake]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:10:52 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a small sign that life will return to normal, more than a week after Haiti's earthquake, The Salvation Army will re-open a school in a temporary site at the organization's compound in Port au Prince. Two of the school's main buildings were destroyed in the earthquake and the people are too terrified to enter those buildings that are still standing. Still, Salvation Army relief workers will provide children aged three to six years old with security, nutrition and medical assistance as needed, in a make-shift school day.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/2D0D1F0E7C84521E862576B6005E610E?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Salvation Army Provides Food for 7,000 Haitians,  Medical Care to Hundreds]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:55:03 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nearly 7,000 people were given a five-day supply of food Monday by The Salvation Army in Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of others, including infants at an orphanage, received medical care from Salvation Army doctors who are responding to the earthquake. In the U.S., more personnel and supplies are being sent to the country to join the 700 Salvation Army workers who are permanently stationed in Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/EF90915A1B6E0ADE862576B0005CEE6C?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Salvation Army Establishes Supply Line to Haiti]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:12:34 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than 700 Salvation Army workers permanently stationed in Haiti are being supported in their Earthquake disaster response efforts by US and International Salvation Army teams. Since the 7.0 Earthquake struck the island five days ago, The Salvation Army has set up a staging area in south Florida and arranged logistics on the ground in Port Au Prince. The supply line has already helped deliver skilled disaster relief workers, medical teams and supplies to those who have been affected. In the U.S., The Salvation Army is working with corporate partners and vendors to send bulk food, water, and other basic supplies to its teams in Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/6873003CE10AD78C862576B0004E0E2B?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Haiti News In Brief, January 15, 2010]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:32:55 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An initial Salvation Army assessment team has arrived in Haiti and is en route to the capital city of Port Au Prince.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/47583B01CE648107862576AC0070E08C?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Haiti: How to Help]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:27:11 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The most effective way to help is through a cash donation. Cash can be sent efficiently to Haiti and used to help those in need while giving a much needed boost to the local Haitian economy. The Salvation Army pledges that 100% of donations received for disaster relief will be used for that purpose.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/9D75265EA9802B8E862576AC005A6162?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Salvation Army Assessment Teams Arrive in Haiti]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:06:06 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An initial Salvation Army assessment team is on the ground in Haiti and en route to the capital city of Port Au Prince. Once there, the team will liaison with Salvation Army personnel already on site in Haiti, where the Army has had a presence since 1950. As with all such relief efforts, The Salvation Army&#8217;s initial focus will be to assess the immediate needs of the people affected by the earthquake, then utilize its resources to mobilize and ship food, water and other critical necessities to where they are most needed.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/62F7C6211177DD00862576AC0058732B?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Salvation Army Mobilizing Personnel, Resources to Aid with Haiti Relief]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:53:58 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Salvation Army is mobilizing resources and personnel to assist with the international relief effort in Haiti following a severe earthquake Tuesday that damaged much of the country's infrastructure, housing and commercial buildings.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/3261A6FE984C7338862576AA0051D886?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Secret Santa Puts $100,000 in Salvation Army Red Kettles]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:21:10 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Santa came early this year in Joplin, MO. While he was in town he dropped in ten $10,000 checks in Salvation Army red kettles for a total gift of $100,000.
The secret Santa has been donating $50,000 to The Salvation Army in Joplin for nearly six years -usually with five $10,000 checks disbursed through various kettles throughout town. This year he doubled his gift and dropped the checks into three separate kettles on Monday, Dec. 21.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/EF38D9B7DE46038986257694006A4F1B?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: 101-Year-Old Rings Bell For Salvation Army in Litchfield, Minn.]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:50:38 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although Myrtle Engebretson has been alive for more than a century, old age isn't stopping her from bell ringing for The Salvation Army.

The 101-year-old from Dassel, Minn. is scheduled to bell ring from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. on Dec. 22 at Econofoods in Litchfield, located at 951 East Frontage Road. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/4E16F5D84986C7938625769400678386?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army Houston will no longer require Social Security numbers as part of its Christmas assistance registration process]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:07:35 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today, The Salvation Army Greater Houston Area Command announced it will no longer require Social Security numbers as part of the registration process for its Christmas assistance program known as the Angel Tree program. The Angel Tree is the nonprofit organization's annual holiday gift giving program that provides new unwrapped gifts to disadvantaged children and seniors in the Greater Houston region.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/26AD40758F0FFDCA86257681006910B0?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Need for Christmas Assistance Up 130 Percent]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:52:21 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Salvation Army is experiencing a 130 percent increase in the number of families needing Christmas assistance this holiday season. Since Nov. 9, an average of 709 families per day have registered for assistance, up from 308 families per day last year.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/E846856232BBE1FE8625767A006D29CC?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Daughtry Kicks Off Salvation Army 2009 National Red Kettle Campaign for First Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Game at New Stadium in Arlington, Texas]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:47:20 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[During the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game against the Oakland Raiders, Grammy-nominated rock band Daughtry will kick-off The Salvation Army's 2009 Red Kettle Christmas Campaign with a live, nationally-televised halftime performance. The Thanksgiving Day game begins at 3:15 CST and will be broadcast on the CBS television network. In addition to iconic red kettles on street corners and at storefronts nationwide, the 118-year old campaign will break ground online by utilizing various social media platforms. Initiatives include updated features to The Salvation Army's Online Red Kettle application, a first-ever Angel Giving Tree online program and other programs to be announced soon.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/FBBF7E6C2BF04F988625767A006CB462?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Ring a Virtual Bell and Change a Real Life for Good!]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:34:03 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Salvation Army Bellringer App, Debuted by Daughtry, Available for Download on iTunes Store
As seen on The Salvation Army's National Red Kettle Kick Off during the halftime show of the Dallas Cowboys annual Thanksgiving Day Game, The Salvation Army Bellringer App lets you use your iPhone as a virtual Salvation Army bell. By downloading this simple Bellringer app, you, your friends, and your family can share in the tradition of being a Salvation Army Bellringer volunteer.....]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/AB57DF8C16AEE5578625767A006B7D04?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Thrivent Aids Red Kettle Campaign]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:48:28 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Salvation Army-Fox Cities hopes lightning strikes twice for its annual Red Kettle Match Day.

During last year's event, a Salvation Army one-day national collection record was shattered when $497,423 was collected in the Fox Cities.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation announced Tuesday that it will match up to $125,000 of all collections in the Fox Cities on Dec. 4. People can make donations at the Salvation Army's 50 Fox Cities red kettle sites, by phone and online at www.safoxcities.org.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/04A7126231D639F4862576740061D266?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: JCPenney and The Salvation Army Launch Largest Online Angel Giving Tree Program]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:53:54 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) and The Salvation Army are joining forces this Christmas season to give joy to even more people in need through a grand-scale online Angel Giving Tree program. From now until December 14, for the first-time ever, customers can adopt and shop online for Angels at www.jcp.com/angel, providing tens of thousands of children and seniors facing hardship in communities across the country with Christmas gifts.  ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/F6C459E9BEBB52018625766D006251D8?opendocument</link></item>
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