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Released 10 May 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact:
Audrey Esther
Community Relations Director
The Salvation Army Ozark Area Coordination
Office: (417) 862-5509 ext. 116
Cell: (417) 763-1357
Audrey_Esther@usc.salvationarm y.org
NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY WEEK
KICK-OFF EVENT
Mayor Bob Stephens to declare it Salvation Army Week in Springfield
Springfield MO (May 10, 2012) On Monday May 14th Mayor Bob Stephens will present a proclamation declaring it Salvation Army Week in Springfield. The public is invited to attend this event, which will take place at 10 a.m. outside The Salvation Army's Family Thrift Store at 1737 S. Campbell Ave.
Major Norman Grainger will also thank the community for its continued support, which has allowed The Salvation Army to help local families and individuals for more than 130 years.
Following the proclamation presentation local residents will share how The Salvation Army has helped them change their lives.
An Emergency Disaster Services canteen will also be onsite serving coffee & doughnuts to those in attendance. Then on Tuesday May 15th the canteen will serve coffee and doughnuts to Springfield police officers and firefighters beginning at 6 a.m.
National Salvation Army Week is an annual event that allows The Salvation Army to say ‘thank you' to the many volunteers, donors and supports who have allowed the organization to help those in need around the world since 1865. It was first recognized and declared by president Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954.
For more information please call (417) 862-5509 ext.116 and for a complete list of local National Salvation Army Week events please click here.
Who:&a mp;a mp;n bsp; Mayor Bob Stephens & The Salvation Army
What: Mayoral Proclamation declaring it Salvation Army Week in Springfield
When: Monday May 14th at 10 a.m.
Where: Family Thrift Store - 1737 S. Campbell Ave.
About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for 130 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. 82 cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information, visit www.salvationarmyusa.org.
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