Did you know ...

• The Salvation Army serves in 112 countries worldwide.
• The late management guru, Peter Drucker, called The Salvation Army the most effective organization. At the beginning of the year, the Army coordinated 3,661 officers, 112,513 soldiers, 422,543 members, 60,642 employees and 3.5 million volunteers.
• The Salvation Army is a recognized worldwide leader in the global fight against human trafficking.
• Each year approximately one million children are forced into commercial sex—The Salvation Army’s Western territory is a national trainer on the subject of child sexual exploitation.
• The Salvation Army assists more than 42 million individuals throughout the year in the United States – nearly six million of those during the holiday season alone.
• For over 57 years the Los Angeles Red Shield Youth & Community Center serves more than 4,000 children and their parents and is known in its Pico-Union neighborhood as an “Oasis for families”. At the Red Shield, children participate in tutoring, soccer, basketball, baseball, karate, ballet, drama, swimming, computer learning and arts programs.
• The Salvation Army Los Angeles Daycare Center is one of the oldest day care facilities in the city. Opened in 1920 for mothers working to assist the war effort, L.A. Daycare now serves up to 250 children each day of parents employed in the downtown L.A. garment and produce districts.
• On any given night, The Salvation Army’s shelter in the city of Bell serves 350 men and women, making it one of the largest homeless care facilities in the nation. In addition, a new mental health assessment program at Bell Shelter will serve 240 homeless men and women who are mentally ill or dual diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuse.
• Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centers nationwide annually help more than 200,000 men and women from every walk of life fight substance abuse and return to their communities as contributing members.
• When you shop at a Salvation Army Thrift Store, you are supporting the Adult Rehabilitation Centers.
• In Southern California, The Salvation Army operates seven “Silvercrest” residences for low-income seniors.
• The Salvation Army Way In Youth Shelter & Drop-In Center in Hollywood provides refuge for many of the 8,000 homeless youth who sleep on the streets of Los Angeles each night.
• Every summer, thousands of inner-city youth get a taste of the great outdoors at The Salvation Army camps in the Malibu Mountains.
• The Salvation Army Alegria in Silverlake is a one-of-a-kind program, providing housing, licensed day care, meals and healthcare services for homeless and low-income families affected by HIV/AIDS.

. . . making life better for families and children since 1865.