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Increasingly
The
Salvation Army is called upon to provide temporary relief for
displaced, battered or abused women. The Women’s Shelter is a
government-assisted dorm facility which provides for up to 30
women (alone or with small children) per night. Assistance
is provided on a temporary basis, and the Army works with the
Department of Social Services and other agencies to find permanent
solutions.
Donated, usable
items
are sold in the Army’s family thrift stores at very minimal
costs. All of the net profits go to help finance other
social and welfare programs which the Army operates. Needy
individuals and families have priority access a variety of
donated items at no
cost, through the Army’s welfare office on Mackey Street, Nassau, and
West Atlantic Drive, Freeport.
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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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"Service is our watchword, and there
is no reward
equal to that of
doing the most good
to the most people
in the most need."
Evangeline
Booth,
daughter
of The Army's founder,
William Booth.
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