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House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: April 16, 2015 02:43 PM
From: Representative Rich Irvin
To: All House members
Subject: Resolution designating the week of May 11 through 17, 2015 as 'Salvation Army Week' in Pennsylvania
 
In the near future, I will be introducing a resolution designating the week of May 11 through 17, 2015, as “Salvation Army Week” in Pennsylvania.

As a humanitarian organization, the Salvation Army has supported and improved the lives of countless individuals in the U.S. and overseas.

The Salvation Army began in 1865 when William Booth, a London minister, gave up the comfort of his pulpit and decided to take his message into the streets where it would reach the poor, the homeless, the hungry and the destitute.

His original aim was to send converts to established churches of the day, but soon he realized that the poor did not feel comfortable or welcome in the pews of most of the churches and chapels of Victorian England. Booth decided to found a church especially for them - the East London Christian Mission. The mission grew slowly, but Booth's faith in God remained undiminished.

From family tracing to disaster response, The Salvation Army offers a wide variety of services worldwide such as:
  • Addiction Dependency - The Salvation Army runs a number of addiction rehabilitation programs. They believe in taking the holistic approach, not just helping the client to overcome their addiction, but attacking the roots of that addiction.

  • Emergency Response - From sites of natural and man-made disasters to places of human conflict, the Salvation Army is there to provide compassion and practical support to those in real and sudden need. The Army strives to provide first for the immediate physical needs but beyond that, ministry for the aching heart and the weary soul.

  • Family Tracing - The Family Tracing Service was officially established in 1885, when it was designated as 'Mrs. Booth's Enquiry Bureau'. It has developed to become one of the Army's most distinctive international services in many territories where it continues to be in operation 120 years on. The mission of the Family Tracing Service is to restore or sustain family relationships by tracing relatives with whom contact has been lost, either recently or in the distant past.

  • Social Work - The Salvation Army is one of the largest social care providers in the world. There are social programs running in almost every country they operate in.

  • Sports Ministry - International Headquarters’ Sports Ministry Desk exists to encourage, support and resource Salvation Army Sports Ministry leaders around the world to find connections, to build relationships and to help people and communities to enjoy healthy lives in bodies, minds and souls. It does this as part of The Salvation Army’s mission to ‘save souls, grow saints and serve suffering humanity’.
It is my sincere hope that you will join me by co-sponsoring this Resolution as we recognize the Salvation Army and allow this organization to perform its intended duties—saving lives and restoring hope.


Introduced as HR273