We spent an early Christmas dinner with the Reimers and Kristy before the the Reimers head south to California for Christmas with their kids. It’s our family Christmas dinner and it is a really nice evening. The food is always good and during dinner I was having my second helping of a bean and mushroom [...]
Salvation Army
Christmas 2009
For us the Christmas season officially started last night with the start of Salvation Army Christmas Kettle season. A couple of years ago I was asked if I could help out picking up Christmas kettles and bringing them in to be counted and deposited at night. I asked what night was needed the most and [...]
Online Christmas Hamper Applications
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 [...]
Homelessness in Canada
The Salvation Army released their national study on homelessness today. According to Canwest News Service According to the survey, almost all shelter users said they want to move into permanent housing, while nearly half reported mental health problems or alcohol or drug addictions. On average, shelter users have been homeless for three years and the [...]
Job Opening
The Salvation Army Community Centre (here in Saskatoon) has a job opening for a night residential worker. A consistent 40 hour work week, good benefits, interesting job. It’s listed on Sask Jobs as security but it is actually a front line residential worker at the men’s shelter. If you are interested, e-mail me at jordon.cooper@salvationarmysaskatoon.org [...]
Two Items Totally Unrelated To Each Other
I was surprised to read this in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix Police in Britain are trying to solve the mystery of the missing penguin after a “landmark” sculpture at the London School of Economics — donated by Canadian philanthropist and LSE alumnus Louis Odette — was stolen off its base outside the famed Economists’ Bookshop [...]
The season we call Christmas
I have been in Christmas mode for a while. At work we tend to start it on the day that the Christmas Kettles go out as we start accepting Christmas Hamper applications around the same day. Wendy was in decorating the Residential Unit at the Centre (we decorate a couple of days later than everyone [...]
The -15 Below Jacket
There are 300,000 homeless in Canada and sadly there is not enough space to house them all, even in emergency conditions. To combat this, Taxi (a design firm) came up with a jacket that will help keep someone who is homeless alive for a night. While I find this solution a sad reflection on how [...]
Salvation Army Christmas Hamper Application Forms
It’s that time of year again and the Salvation Army Community Centre is taking applications for hampers online this year. If you know of anyone who is in the Saskatoon area and in need of help this Christmas, they can apply at the Centre or they can apply online and someone from the Centre will [...]
