Category: Christmas
Geoff's gift of Christmas joy: keeping hope alive
15 October 2025
In Sydney’s Villawood, a tight-knit community with its fair share of economic struggles, local businessman and rugby league legend Geoff Robinson created a Christmas tradition that touched many lives. For nearly 30 years, Geoff dressed as Sant...
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Vanessa's Christmas: A gift of mutual hope and healing
15 October 2025
Volunteer Vanessa loves helping others in need and says it has helped her as much. Photograph by Linda Erskine “I love seeing the e...
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Gifts of hope and independence: Christmas care with lasting impact
15 October 2025
‘A hand up, not a handout’, may be a familiar phrase, but at Northside Salvation Army in Geelong, Victoria, it is an approach ...
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Holly's outback Christmas: sharing hope and love in Katherine
15 October 2025
It is a long way from the West Midlands’ winter Christmas in the United Kingdom to the heat of midsummer in Katherine in Australia’s Nor...
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Jesus the hope of Christmas: Anitha's story
15 October 2025
When Anitha left India for Australia, she carried more than her belongings. She carried hope and a strong faith that God would guide her fam...
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Ten top tips from the Salvos to spread joy this Christmas
1 October 2024
Positive, priceless ways to spread a gift of joy this Christmas Did you know our modern-day Santa Claus grew from the story of a...
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Shaking hands with the darkness: a chaplain's story of hope
30 September 2024
The Salvation Army chaplain Jessica knows the heartache that intensifies for many women in prison, during Christmas, when the pain of separa...
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Zara's Christmas story: finding fulfilment in giving a gift of joy to others
30 September 2024
When 17-year-old Zara announced her plan to volunteer, she organised $1000 worth of gifts for the local Salvation Army service to support te...
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A life of love and joy I never knew existed: Jason's Christmas story
30 September 2024
Every year during Christmas, Jason dedicates three days of work leave to join a team packing thousands of candle bags to sell at Sydney’s ...
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