Day of Prayer for Human Trafficking Victims
The Atlanta Temple hosted an event to help raise awareness about human
trafficking and to call on Christians to pray for an end to this injustice...
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A sea of red in Mobile
Sharing hope
More than 100 people marched through Mobile, Alabama, in the inaugural
Recovery Walk to show support for people fighting to overcome addiction ...
The Salvation Army’s Center of Hope is joining
hands with its neighbors in Sarasota, Florida, to
reach out to needy people ...
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DOING
THE MOST
GOOD
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thesouthernspirit
A publication of The Salvation Army Southern Territory
Volume 32, No. 15
October 15, 2015
Staying
connected
on campus
By Laura Poff
Southern Spirit staff
ive years ago, Lt. Colonel Vern Jewett, then
Florida divisional commander, envisioned
a student center in the Tampa community
that would bring together Salvationist
college students from across the division into
one home, offering affordable housing and a softer
transition from home to
Since opening,
school.
the Dickens Smith
“We saw that there
Student Center has
was a need for affordable
served 30 young
housing for many of our own
adults, attending
Salvationist college students
several universities
who would otherwise not be
and community
able to step out from home
colleges in the
and have the college life,”
Tampa area.
said Captain Teresa Della
F
Monica,
student residence
manager.
Captain Della Monica has led the student center,
located near the University of South Florida campus,
since it opened in 2010. She lives in one of the eight
adjoining townhouses that make up the residential
news
inbrief
European SA leaders
gather in netherlands
Nearly 50 Salvation Army leaders
from across Europe met in The
Netherlands over three days
to discuss a range of issues
critical to the ongoing provision
of social program services.
The conference, convened by
Commissioner Birgitte BrekkeClifton, international secretary for
Europe, was called to discuss, in
particular, the future options and
development of institutionalized
care offered by The Salvation
Army in Europe. In addition, the
group spent significant time
discussing difficult and sensitive
social program policy issues
which current legislative changes
in various countries threaten
to impact. These included the
contentious subject of euthanasia
facilitated within institutional
care.
Salvationist students meet every Friday for a hangout night at the Dickens Smith Student Center in Tampa.
attended a corps for at least one year are eligible for
housing portion and is on call 24/7 for pastoral and
a spot in the house, provided that they continue to
practical support and assistance for the young adult
residents. The student center is just a short walk down attend an area corps and volunteer there for at least
one hour per week. On Fridays, Captain Della Monica
the street and is open throughout the week and on
hosts an open hangout night and the occasional
Saturdays to provide a space outside of their homes
where students can gather, work and play.
Please see CENTER, page 7
For $200 per month, fulltime students who have
Disaster teams roll into action
after heavy rains drench Carolina
S
ustained rainfall in
widespread areas of South
Carolina has caused persistent
flooding and prompted a
statewide response from
The Salvation Army. Across the state
Salvation Army personnel coordinated
with state and local emergency
management officials to serve the
community in need.
“The Salvation Army in South Carolina
is responding to immediate needs in
their local communities and ready to
respond as needed,” said Mike Patterson,
emergency disaster services director for
The Salvation Army of North and South
Carolina. “As the flood waters continue to
rise , we know our response will increase
and is expected to continue for the
foreseeable future.”
The Georgia Division, meanwhile,
mobilized its disaster relief force to
assist its neighbors to the east. Five
Georgia canteens were deployed on a
14-day assignment. Three of the Georgia
canteens were sent to Columbia and
The best way to help survivors and
relief workers is through financial
contributions, which allow disaster
responders to immediately meet
the needs of disaster survivors.
• To give online:
Visit disaster.salvationarmyusa.org
• By phone: 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1800-725-2769)
• By mail: The Salvation Army
Southern Territorial Headquarters
P.O. Box 1959 Atlanta, GA 30301
Please designate checks “East
Coast Floods” in the memo
• By text: Text STORM to 51555
to receive a donation link for easy
mobile giving.
two to Charleston. Disaster crews from
Atlanta, Covington, Elberton, Dublin,
Vidalia and Savannah were among those
joining in the Carolina relief effort.
As of Monday evening, The Salvation
Army is providing mass feeding
and hydration support to several
communities in North and South Carolina.
Two locations provided shelter in their
communities.
The Salvation Army of the Midlands,
in collaboration with other local
organizations and agencies, provided
mass feeding and hydration support at
an Inclement Weather Center shelter in
Columbia. In addition, Salvation Army
liaison officers were assigned to the
Lexington County EOC and the Richland
County EOC.
The Salvation Army provided support
with mass feeding and hydration to the
Orangeburg County and Sumter County
emergency operations centers and to
first responders at a shelter in Clarendon
County.
Meals were also served by Salvation
Army disaster personnel in Fayetteville
and New Bern, North Carolina, and in
Conway and Georgetown as well as
Marion County in South Carolina.
In Greenville, South Carolina, the Army
is operating a weather emergency shelter
at the Rutherford Street Outpost.