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Human Interest Story
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A Gift of Warmth. . .
On a freezing January night, an old, battered car pulled up
by the handicap ramp in front of The Salvation Army. A
woman, got out of the driver’s seat, opened the trunk of her
car and pulled out a wheelchair. After helping her husband
into the chair, she started up the ramp where they were met
by a member of The Salvation Army staff who helped bring her
husband into the gymnasium which was serving as a temporary
emergency shelter to provide a warm and safe place for
people who usually lived on the street.Watching this scene
unfold, a Salvation Army officer stopped the woman to |
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ask why she was leaving her husband
in the temporary shelter. Ann said, “My husband is disabled
and can’t work. I work the midnight shift and make what
money I can, but it isn’t enough. At night we cut the heat
back to help keep our bill down, but it is too cold to do
that now and leave my husband alone all night. I don’t know
what would happen to him.” She explained that she had read
about the “Code Purple” cold weather shelter, so she brought
him here where he would be safe and warm and with people who
cared. When her shift at work ended the next morning, she
would come back for her husband and take him home.
During a time of need, Ann reached out for help, and found
people who cared. Ann and her husband were not turned away.
Many of our neighbors in Delaware are struggling to just pay
for the bare necessities – heat, food, rent. Together we can
continue to make it possible for people like Ann and her
husband to stay warm and safe. Thank you for all that you do
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Angels to the Rescue
Nancy is a single mom, who has four children, all under the
age of 12. She is a practical nurse who waits each week to
be assigned a homebound patient. Her income is not steady
and child support checks have not yet arrived. Nancy came to
The Salvation Army to apply for holiday assistance. She just
wanted to be able to give her children something on
Christmas morning. The case worker looked at Nancy’s bills.
She had cut-off notices from the electric company and an
eviction notice from her landlord. The worker gave Nancy a
number to call to make an appointment for emergency
assistance, and then, |
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| without telling Nancy, she
added her family to the “Angel Tree” list for extra food,
household items, clothes and other gifts. Nancy was helped
with her bills that week through our Family Services Office
which enabled her to manage expenses until her job was more
steady and the child support checks arrived. And on a rainy
afternoon, just before Christmas Eve, Salvation Army
officers arrived at Nancy’s with food, gifts and more. Thank
you for sharing and caring enough to help us bring the joy
of the season to Nancy and her children, as well as the
resources to help her through difficult times. |
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