Salvation Army preparing for the holidays
The holiday season is here and the Salvation Army is hoping to keep this tradition alive of greeting shoppers this holiday season with a smile, red kettle, and bell. The…
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Salvation Army Ambassador for Good Day event
To bring awareness to underprivileged communities across the Coast, the Salvation Army of the Mississippi Gulf Coast hosted an Ambassador for Good Day event. This year, the Salvation Army…
National Salvation Army Week recognized locally
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Division of the Salvation Army is reflecting on all the work they’ve done over the past year as they celebrate a week dedicated to them. This week is recognized as National Salvation Army…
Investing in South Mississippi: Community Center of Hope hometown endowment
The Salvation Army is taking another step in providing and securing the futures of South Mississippi families in need. This new phase of the program aims to keep a never-ending flow of income for the people, services,…
Volunteering with the Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is constantly showing up and showing out in our community. Whether they’re helping distribute vaccines, participating in disaster clean up, or simply lending a hand, the Salvation Army is always doing the most good. With so many…
A ground-breaking achievement: The Salvation Army Community Center of Hope
After a long stretch of dreary, stormy weather, the sun broke out in full force across most of Southern Mississippi today, signaling brighter days ahead in more ways than one today. Today, the Salvation Army in Gulfport hosted a ground-breaking…
Salvation Army helping those in need with stimulus payments
While many have received their first, second, and now third round of stimulus checks, there are some people who haven’t yet because they do not have a physical address to use. This has been a problem for…
Zeta grant funds available for distribution through Salvation Army
Hurricane Zeta caused great damage to our community and the Salvation Army has acquired a grant to provide relief to those affected. The grant money is available to those in need in the lower six counties of…
St. Peter’s by the Sea Biscuit Brigade prepares food for Salvation Army cold weather shelters
Since 2017, St. Peter’s by the Sea’s Biscuit Brigade has been cooking biscuits for those utilizing the Salvation Army’s cold weather shelter in Gulfport. Today, the name ‘Burrito Brigade’ might have been more fitting as they were…
Salvation Army cold weather shelters are open and they need volunteers
In Gulfport and Pascagoula, the Salvation Army has opened cold weather shelters for those who need a warm, dry place to sleep during this week’s freezing temperatures. Shelters will be open at 6 p.m. tonight until 7…
Zeta grants available for rental assistance through Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has acquired a grant to provide relief to those affected by Hurricane Zeta. This grant money is available to those in need in the lower six counties of Mississippi and the funds are primarily…
Salvation Army opening cold weather shelter for those in need
In Pascagoula and Gulfport, the Salvation Army will be open as a cold weather shelter for those who need a warm, dry place to sleep during this week’s freezing temperatures. From 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. today,…
Salvation Army opening cold weather shelters
The Salvation Army is opening their cold weather shelters. Shelters will be open from 6 p.m. until 7 a.m. on January 27th- January 28th. The Gulfport shelter is located at 2019 22nd Street. The Pascagoula shelter is located at 3217…
Salvation Army to open cold weather shelters
The Salvation Army Mississippi Gulf Coast Area Command is opening its cold weather shelter this weekend because of anticipated winter temperatures. The Salvation Army provides shelter to anyone in need when it is 40 degrees if precipitation is present, or…
Salvation Army Cold Weather shelters open until January 12th
The Salvation Army’s cold weather shelters are open through the night of January 12th. This includes the Salvation Army Gulfport Outreach Center on 22nd Street in Gulfport and the Pascagoula Corp and Social Services center on Nathan…
Salvation Army opening cold weather shelters January 8th-12th
The Salvation Army is opening their cold weather shelters from January 8th through January 12th from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. The Salvation Army shelter in Gulfport is located at 2019 22nd St. Gulfport, MS. The Pascagoula shelter is located…
Coastal Family Health and Salvation Army give out flu shots
Coastal Family Health Center and the Salvation Army continue to help in the fight against COVID and the seasonal flu. Today, South Mississippians lined up to get flu vaccines at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Biloxi.…
Close the gap: Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign
It’s the final countdown as the Salvation Army that serves South Mississippi’s six southern-most counties races to close the gap. Nonprofits throughout the nation took a hit this year due to COVID, but that didn’t stop South…
Last week to donate in Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign
Due to COVID-19, donations to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign this year are a little different with less of the iconic Red Kettles and bellringers outside of local stores and more online options to give instead.…
Donor leaves $1,800 gold coin in Red Kettle in South Dakota
The Salvation Army in South Dakota is thanking whoever dropped a gold coin, worth nearly $1,800, into one of its kettles. A Salvation Army coordinator said it happened in front of a Walmart in Rapid City. The generous donation will…
Annual Windy Swetman Kettlethon
The sounds of the holidays are resounding at one popular Biloxi intersection. Since before dawn, fundraisers for the annual Windy Swetman Kettlethon have lined the intersection at Porter Avenue and Biloxi, collecting money for the Salvation Army.…
Salvation Army hosted Angel Tree Distribution in Gulfport
Making Christmas a little brighter for families on the Gulf Coast, today the Salvation Army hosted their annual Angel Tree distribution in Gulfport. Stacy Crandle is the director of social services at the Salvation Army, but once…
Salvation Army cold weather shelters opening tonight
Due to the cold weather on the Coast, the Salvation Army will open their shelters again tonight. Shelters in Gulfport and Pascagoula will be open from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. The Gulfport shelter is located at…
WXXV crew ringing bells for Salvation Army
To support the Salvation Army, the WXXV crew joined in on the holiday fun. Joining together at the Neighborhood Walmart on Highway 49 some of the crew volunteered as bell ringers to help raise money for those…