Stories
Hope House gives Brett a future
13 July 2015
He still has a few beers a week, he says, but nothing like the amount he consumed before he met Major Joy Wilson. Joy was previously the coo...
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Diamond in the rough
2 July 2015
About 25 years ago, Tony Dixon turned up at The Salvation Armys William Booth Institute in Sydney. He was requesting admission to the Brid...
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Retired officers join drought-relief battle
19 June 2015
“Australian farmers really are very resilient, especially the ones who have a faith in God. But some haven’t been able to stan...
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Freetown to freedom
15 June 2015
Edward Conteh is a refugee from Sierra Leone. He was born in the northern village of Makeni, 200km from the capital, Freetown, in 1970. He l...
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Lyn's Bundy run giving back to God
9 June 2015
Lyn Harley was only four when her mother walked out on her, a six-year-old brother and their father. They were difficult days in Australia;...
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How hard is it to live on $18 a day?
29 May 2015
Here at the Salvos, we were shocked by our research that found our clients, on average, were living on $125 a week after paying for rent. Ki...
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Sponsored run appeals to Kevin
21 May 2015
Seventy-five-year-old Lismore resident Kevin Elsey is aiming to raise $1000 for the Red Shield Appeal by running 20 kilometres. The Lismore...
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The public's favourite appeal
13 May 2015
In September 1880, underneath the proverbial gum tree in Adelaide's Botanic Park, the seeds were sown for a partnership between the people o...
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It's like Christmas Day
11 May 2015
As the clock ticks to 6am on Doorknock Sunday, Andrew Hill will leap from his bed and prepare for a day of action and adventure. “It&...
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Appeal pioneer soldiers on
8 May 2015
The mind is still willing but the body isn’t so sure anymore. If the two can agree on the day, then one of the pioneers of the Red Sh...
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