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<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> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army Reopens Housing Development]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:36:11 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Railton, The Salvation Army&#8217;s affordable downtown housing development, will officially reopen Thursday, Nov. 12, at 10:30 a.m. 
The Railton, the former Robert E. Lee hotel, has been owned by the Army for more than 70 years. Initially called the Evangeline Booth Residence, it housed unmarried women working downtown. It was renamed the Railton Residence in 1974 and became transitional housing for tenants who had been homeless or addicted to drugs and were entering their next stage of treatment provided by The Salvation Army.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/56CBC45D3AEDFA0B8625766D0055B601?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: The Weather Channel Teams Up with Aaron Neville and The Salvation Army for Debut of its New Holiday CD and Single]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:11:01 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Weather Channel&#174; (TWC), in partnership with singing legend Aaron Neville and The Salvation Army, announces the release of "Holiday Party," a holiday music compilation album. The CD features the single "Please Don't Forget" by Aaron Neville, and a portion of the proceeds from the single and the CD, both available by download from theweatherchannelmusic.com, will be donated to The Salvation Army's Annual Red Kettle Christmas Campaign.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/52EFA9D2D70807258625766D005367F4?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Donations to The Salvation Army of Hillsdale, Mich. to be Doubled on Nov. 13]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:47:34 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ With the need continuing to increase, The Salvation Army of Hillsdale needs your help. On Friday, Nov. 13, all financial donations made to The Salvation Army through the Hillsdale County Community Foundation (HCCF) will go twice as far because they will be matched! ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/E69DE1B01E9AFC7C8625765F0056C0B3?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Daughtry to Headline Red Kettle Kickoff!]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:48 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones and The Salvation Army's national community relations secretary Major George Hood announced that the group Daughtry would be the featured artists for the 2009 Thanksgiving Day Red Kettle Kick-off.  The Grammy-nominated band was on hand to talk about their performance, meet Cowboys players and representatives and talk with children from local Salvation Army programs.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/46CA8BE3BBBCA95E8625765F005639B0?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Vikings-Packers Square Off in Red Kettle Challenge on October 30th]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:10:10 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/C9112EA4E83E32158625765E0053543E?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Nearly 8,300 coats collected during 2009 Twin Cities program]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:28 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/951ED78B3607F5AB8625765E00532C59?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Grammy-Nominated Act for Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Game Announced Friday!]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:06:17 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/3CFCA1F44E0DE9388625765E0052F951?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Indianapolis Colts Fans Donate More Than 2,100 Coats]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:24:36 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thanks to Indianapolis Colts fans, this morning over 2,100 coats are being cleaned at Tuchman Cleaners for the annual Bob Gregory&#8217;s Coats For Kids distribution day this Saturday. On Sunday, fans dropped off new and gently used coats on their way into Lucas Oil Stadium for the Colts vs. Seahawks game. While cash donations have not been totaled, the Indianapolis Salvation Army is certain that fans stepped up in a big way to help purchase additional coats for area kids in need.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc.nsf/vw-news/719A960080754C5A8625764700701DB0?opendocument</link></item>
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