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Since 1931 the Army
has worked tirelessly to assist thousands of individuals and families
with meals and grocery items through its
feeding centers in Nassau and Grand Bahama.
More
than 300 hot meals are prepared and served each week, and each week 200
parcels of grocery items are given to needy families.
Both centers are supported by businesses and the general
public, who provide financial or in-kind donations to help the Army
ensure that no one in need goes without a nutritious meal.
Feeding Centers on
Mackey Street and Grants Town in Nassau, and on West Atlantic Drive
in Freeport, provide more than 40,000 meals and
7,500 food parcels every year to needy individuals and families.
Family Services also
provides clothing
and assistance in meeting basic home,
educational and medical needs. Individual and families also receive
counseling, referral services, and encouragement and support to help
them through life’s challenges.
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“While women weep, as they do
now,
I'll fight;
while children go hungry, as they do now I'll fight;
while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll
fight;
while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl
upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light
of God, I'll fight,
I'll fight
to the very end!”
William
Booth,
Founder
of The Salvation Army, in his final public address
in 1912. |
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