Today, we visited the Salvation Army's community center and emergency shelter in Fayetteville. All services are free, but the goal isn't to give "hand-outs." Instead, the Army wants to give "hand-ups." Their programs operate with the intention of helping people heal "physically, emotionally, and spiritually."
Here are four ways to volunteer with the Fayetteville Salvation Army:
1) Help serve meals to those in need at the homeless shelter.
2) Sort donations.
3) Sign up to ring the bell.
4) Host a toy or food drive.
Is there a Salvation Army in your community? Have you every volunteered there?
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I've never volunteered with the local Salvation Army - although I shop at their thrift store and take donations there too.
I like a ministry with the mindset of giving people a hand-up instead of simply a hand-out.
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I have been a bell ringer a few times. One year my best friend and I brought our instruments (and our fingerless gloves!) and played Christmas songs instead of ringing the bell. It was fun!