Ten years gone but not forgotten n The Salvation Army remembers Sept. 11, 2011. BY KAREN GLEASON Sept. 11 falls on a Sunday this year, and throughout the U.S., The Salvation Army will hold services of remembrance, recalling not only the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001 but also the valiant service given by Salvation Army volunteers following the disaster, particularly at New York City’s (NYC) “ground zero,” the World Trade Center site. Among the first agencies to arrive at ground zero after the attacks, The Salvation Army was the last to leave when operations formally ended there nine months later. The Army’s response to 9/11 came to be known as
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“Operation: Compassion Under Fire,” during which the Army provided food, hydration, supplies, grief counseling, financial assistance, referrals and more to hundreds of thousands of emergency workers, families of victims and others impacted by the terrorist attacks. Activities in the East General Linda Bond, The Salvation Army’s international leader, will be the guest speaker at the American Bible Society meeting on Sept. 9 in NYC, which includes a “Gathering of 9/11 Commemoration.” The New York Staff band will also be there. For members of the 9/11 community not invited or unable to attend the national 9/11 NOT FORGOTTEN, page 7
A Salvation Army officer at ground zero speaks with a recovery worker following 9/11.
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WYI 2011: ‘Undignified’
September 2, 2011 • Vol. 29, No. 14
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n Annual Western Youth Institute takes a new, “undignified” approach.
Proclaimers of the Resurrection
NEW CADETS REPORT TO CRESTMONT n Crestmont now houses one of the largest combined cadet bodies in the world. BY BRIAN SAUNDERS, MAJOR The air buzzed with excitement on Aug. 16, when the 61 members of the Proclaimers of Christ Session of cadets moved into the campus of the College for Officer Training at Crestmont in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. “Wow, we are really here!” exclaimed Cadet Larry Groenleer of Lihue, Hawaii. Moving vans, U-Hauls and corps vans lined the parking lot as the cadets unloaded their belongings and found their new accommodations. Just as quickly, second-year cadets arrived to lend a hand. “We were on campus maybe five minutes before two second years were standing in
The Proclaimers of the Resurrection Session
Photo by Susan Kendall
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East gets shaken and drenched n Army mobilized in wake of temblor and hurricane BY ERICA ANDREWS On the heels of the unusual magnitude 5.8 Virginia earthquake Aug. 23, which sent shockwaves as far away as South Carolina and Maine, Hurricane Irene made landfall in North Carolina Aug. 27 and continued up the Eastern Seaboard claiming at least 45 lives, forcing 10,000 flight cancelations and leaving millions without power. The Salvation Army damage assessment teams are working
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• Salvation Army in Pasadena joins housing effort • No summers off here!
• Chief of the Staff and World President of Women’s Ministries in South Africa • ‘Holy Rollers’ re-paint Alaska’s Booth Home • Salvation Army on the scene of U.K. riots • Back to school in style
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Folk and Spirit!
• The NFL returns to Los Angeles
throughout North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware providing mass feeding of evacuees and assistance to fire, rescue, police and other emergency response personnel. Major George Hood, national community relations and development secretary, said although he is “cautiously optimistic” that the damage reports aren’t as bad as previously thought, he knows there still remains more work to do. “It is critical that we provide the base of support for damage assessment teams, Salvation Army volunteers distributing meals talk to a rescue personnel and survivors,” local resident in North Carolina. HURRICANE, page 3
BY CHRIS TOY Arriving from across the Western Territory, 220 delegates aged 16-25 gathered at the Golden State Division’s Camp Redwood Glen on Aug. 6-12 for the 2011 Western Youth Institute (WYI). Captains Roy and Paula Wild, territorial youth secretaries’ and Jim Sparks, territorial youth leadership development director, put on the event, which had a theme of “Undignified” and focused on the parable of the prodigal son. Guest speaker Craig Bowler shared the parable and how people today can relate to each character in it. During the first evening program, Captain Joanne Louangamath, Cascade associate divisional youth secretary, spoke on grace. “How often do we just stop and think about the grace that God gives us freely?” Louangamath asked. “We deserve to die in our sins but God sees us as perfect and holy if we accept his forgiveness.” Bowler wondered, “How goes it with
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