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The Cost of Homelessness

Mar 24th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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I had an opportunity to speak as a panel at City Hospital yesterday to a room of social workers on the cost of homelessness.  The Star Phoenix did cover a bit of what I talked about in today’s paper. Implementing a plan with the idea that "everything starts with housing" is among the initiatives different [...]

March 11

Mar 11th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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As is the tradition around here, I generally liveblog the day to save it for posterity.  (2009| 2008 | 2007| 2006 | 2005 | 2003).  I didn’t feel like doing that today so instead I am going to play around with my Kodak Zi8 camera and shoot some video of my day.  I have a [...]

Salvation Army Week of Compassion for Haiti

Jan 27th, 2010
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The Salvation Army in Saskatoon is embarking on a special fundraising event to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. From February 1-6, the Salvation Army kettles – normally seen during our annual Christmas campaigns – will be out at shopping malls and stores across Saskatoon. We need volunteers to make this happen. If [...]

Emptiness

Jan 8th, 2010
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I emptied out my office at work.  All of my personal effects are gone today. I am not quitting but I decided to redecorate my office this week.  I am not sure what I want to do with it but I am not that happy with it and I really don’t enjoy being in it.    [...]

Salvation Army Community Centre is hiring

Dec 30th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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I am hiring for night staff positions at the Salvation Army Community Centre.  Job details can be found here. Oh one more thing, we are finally hiring for the women’s shelter!  Job details can be found here.  All positions are starting immediately.

Christmas Eve Live Blog

Dec 24th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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6:15 a.m. :: I hate early mornings. 6:30 a.m. :: Mark is up and showered and ready to go to work with me this morning.  Rambling Dave just played Six White Boomers on C95. 7:10 a.m. :: Lineup at Tim Horton’s was too long so I skipped that place and went straight to work.  Stopped [...]

Christmas at the Centre

Dec 23rd, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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Well Christmas at the Salvation Army Community Centre in Saskatoon is just about finished.  Most of it isn’t my department so I get to avoid the stress of the season while at the same time as a manager, I get to help out when asked.  Everyone is always amazed at how busy we are at [...]

Salvation Army Annual Christmas Dinner Photos

Dec 17th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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For those of you who are interested, here are some of the photos from the Salvation Army Community Christmas Dinner. It’s a free Christmas dinner and evening for about 1000 people. This year we had a little less but the night was different then usual and it was at a new location. We expect a [...]

It’s still chilly out there

Dec 17th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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I posted this over at the Salvation Army Community Centre’s blog and I thought I would link to it here.  There has been a lot of media reports about guys who are sleeping outside in –40 below weather.  I know some of them personally and the guys do have options for places to sleep.  If [...]

Christmas Gift Guide for the Homeless

Dec 1st, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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This one is pretty close to my heart.  At work I get to buy the Christmas gifts for the guys at the Salvation Army Community Centre and I have a lot of fun doing it. Last year I got them nice duffle bags and a watch/wallet gift set.  We also got a big donation of [...]

Online Christmas Hamper Applications

Nov 5th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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For those of you who know if a family who may need some help this Christmas, the Salvation Army Community Centre is accepting online applications for Christmas Hampers starting today.  You can also register in person starting November 16th. If you have questions about what the Salvation Army is doing in Saskatoon over the Christmas [...]

We Didn’t Start the Fire

Sep 15th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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Somebody dumped two sofas off in the alley behind the Centre and before we could get them moved, two tweens road up on their BMX, lit a matchbox on fire, tossed it on the couch and we had a fire before we knew it.  No one was hurt but the paint may not make it.

Rezoned

Aug 17th, 2009
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Tonight I went to my first City Council meeting.  I was there because the Salvation Army Community Centre is opening an emergency shelter for up to 45 women & children when they are in crisis.  The property we were looking at is in Pleasant Hill and we needed to have the lot rezoned so we [...]

Three years

Jul 16th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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It was three years ago this week that I got hired by the Salvation Army Community Centre.  Since several of the managers and staff have been here for over a decade (or decades), I still feel like I am a noob around here. A lot has changed, including my job title changing twice in two [...]

In training

Jul 6th, 2009
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The last three nights have all been night shifts for me.  We finally hired someone new at the Centre for our night shift and I was doing my part in helping train her.  The other staff on at night had done a great job in teaching her our procedures so far so I was looking [...]

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