Category: Disasters and other appeals
Salvos helping communities caught in path of Cyclone Marcia
25 February 2015
Tropical Cyclone Marcia, a category five cyclone, crossed the North Queensland coast at Yeppoon on Friday 20 February, beginning a trail of destruction that stretched into northern NSW. "The eye of the cyclone grazed Yeppoon and went fully over Rockh...
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Ray of sunshine amid the gloom
13 February 2015
Ray Stewart had just left Bundaberg for Brisbane when the rain started. There was no way he could know the devastation he would return home ...
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Salvos keep turning up
9 February 2015
George Pauza cant thank The Salvation Army enough for the work they have done on his flood-affected property. ...
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Getting Bundaberg back on its feet
2 February 2015
Over five days in late January 2013, ex-tropical Cyclone Oswald dumped more than 500mm of rain in Central Queensland. Find out how the Salv...
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Rebuild project earns Tom Quinn Community Centre state recognition
20 October 2014
The Salvation Army’s Tom Quinn Community Centre in Bundaberg has won the not-for-profit category at the 2014 Get Ready Queensland &#x...
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Shoulder to shoulder with friends
17 October 2014
Volunteer firefighters Jono and Tim Boxwell and Nathan Culpan lost their home when fires engulfed the Blue Mountains in October. But this di...
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Hope rises from ashes
17 October 2014
As Peter More walked down his street his heart flickered with hope. He noticed that along Emma Parade in Winmalee, only the houses o...
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Standing together in crisis
14 October 2014
Salvation Army Major Margaret Dobbie in Ipswich at the height of the flood emergency Salvation Army volunteers George and Linda Clarke knew ...
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Standing together for the long haul
14 October 2014
Yasi struck on 3 February with devastating fury, taking everything in its path on the Cassowary coast of North Queensland. Whole houses have...
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