The Salvation Army is a branch of the Christian Church, and the ultimate goal of all our programs is a spiritual regeneration of all people.

Description:
The Salvation Army is an organization that cannot run without the help of volunteers. Whether you want to volunteer one time for an hour, or commit to volunteering once a week or month, we have something for everyone.

Emergency Disaster Services
Our Disaster Service volunteers are on hand to provide food and drinks to the rescue workers helping victims of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, fires, civil disorders and other catastrophes. Individuals are needed for work on the canteen trailer on an on-call basis. Duties will include food preparation, inventory control, driving, setup and tear down.
Family Services
Family Services needs 1-5 volunteers per day, Tues-Friday from 9:00am-11:30am, and 12:30pm- 4:00pm. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old. Please wear casual weather appropriate clothes; no sandals. Duties will include sorting clothing and preparing food boxes.

Community Dining Room
Homeless Services needs 8-15 volunteers per day, 7 days per week. Volunteers will serve dinner to the homeless from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Volunteers must be at lest 13 years old and no specific training is necessary. We need one time volunteers as well as groups willing to volunteer monthly. Volunteers must provide 500 sandwiches to serve.

Thrift Stores
Our Thrift Stores need 10-20 volunteers at a time, depending on the project. Volunteers must be at least 15 years old. Training needed; time to train varies according to project. People can volunteer as often and as many times as they like.

Red Kettle and Angel Tree
It’s never too early to start thinking about the Holiday Season. From October through December we have a great need for volunteers to help with our Red Kettle and Angel Tree programs.

To help with the Red Kettle Campaign get your church group, service organization, co-workers or families members together and come ring the bell for a day. Generally, groups supply 16 people to staff an 8 hour day. That way there are two people at the bell at a time, and each pair only has to ring for one hour! Groups can pick their location and day to ring. We provide the kettle and bells; you provide a warm smile, and a friendly thank you. We can also use volunteer counters to count the proceeds from the day’s kettles, and volunteer drivers to pick up the kettles from the various locations.

For Angel Tree we need volunteers to help us with intake- filling out applications and recording children’s wish lists, and in the warehouse- sorting through toys and getting them ready to be distributed.

History:
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. Regular churchgoers were appalled when these shabbily dressed, unwashed people came to join them in worship.

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.

In May of 1878, Booth summoned his son, Bramwell, and his good friend George Railton to read a proof of the Christian Mission's annual report. At the top it read: THE CHRISTIAN MISSION is A VOLUNTEER ARMY. Bramwell strongly objected to this wording. He was not a volunteer: he was compelled to do God's work. So, in a flash of inspiration, Booth crossed out "Volunteer" and wrote "Salvation". The Salvation Army was born.

By the 1900s, the Army had spread around the world. The Salvation Army soon had officers and soldiers in 36 countries, including the United States of America. This well-organized yet flexible structure inspired a great many much-needed services: women's social work, the first food depot, the first day nursery and the first Salvation Army missionary hospital. During World War II, The Salvation Army operated 3,000 service units for the armed forces, which led to the formation of the USO.
Today, The Salvation Army is stronger and more powerful than ever. Now, in over 106 nations around the world, The Salvation Army continues to work where the need is greatest, guided by faith in God and love for all people.

Contact person: Adriane Colvin, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Main office number: (801) 988-4204
Office fax number: (801) 988-4214

Address:

679 South Main Street Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.salvationarmy.org

Directions:

Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Light Rail Stop 400 South,   Walk distance (in minutes): 2