SALVATION ARMY to the RESCUE

On Tuesday January 29th. Major Les Burrows with the Salvation Army provided us with an insight into what it was like to be on the ground in Biloxi Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina.  Les showed us in a slide presentation with full explanations of the challenges they had and how the Salvation Army because of its large number of churches are prepared with staff already in the area and a Command centre ready to go. He showed us the varied  sizes of vehicles that they have to provide meals and assistance. Explained the logistics of getting so much product efficiently distributed.

Les also helped out at Ground Zero in New York and told us about his time spent helping deliver assistance to New Yorkers affected and the respect the Salvation Army has which enables it to achieve results and get resources in a timely and cost effective manner that many other Organizations cannot.

For those that could not attend you missed a really interesting presentation. So much so that we have invited Major Les to give us an expanded encore presentation in the fall.

Bryce McElroy Presents Major Les Burrows with a token of our appreciation.