CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Salvation Army thought it had received a grand gift ahead of Christmas – a $25,000 check. But the donation turned o...
HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 12.18.2009 | Impact
This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible chal...
Anna Brones | Posted 12.16.2009 | Impact
Bell-ringing Salvation Army volunteers are always a telltale sign of the holiday season, and although they certainly still have their place, this year holiday giving has turned to a new outlet: social media.
Posted 12.09.2009 | Impact
21-year-old bank robber Byron Jacovin Garrett was arrested just a few minutes after robbing a bank in Nacogdoches, Texas, on Tuesday morning. The poli...
Posted 12.07.2009 | Impact
It's hard to go anywhere during the holidays without hearing the tingle of Salvation Army bells and in some places applications for holiday bell ringe...
Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact
A Salvation Army kettle outside of a Kmart in York, Pennsylvania, earned an unexpected bounty last week as the donation bin was found to contain a Sou...
Liz Neumark | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York
Last week's freshly roasted turkeys are officially past the leftover stage but the feeling of having been a part of a unique Thanksgiving Day experience lingers on.
AP | by JOHN SEEWER | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home
MAUMEE, Ohio — A man who claimed to hate Christmas shoved a Salvation Army bell ringer to the ground and swiped one of the charity's red kettles...
AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There could be less jingle in the Salvation's Army's hallmark red kettles this season. The charity is testing kettles ...
Liz Neumark | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York
It was not an ordinary Thursday. I left home at the usual time but with three wardrobe changes in tow. Not so usual. 9 to 5 was almost routine (wit...
Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact
The sound of Salvation Army bells is synonymous with the holiday season. Now, MSNBC reports, more people are vying for the position of bell ringer out...
Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact
When you're a kid, Halloween is all about receiving: scares, costumes, and of course, candy. If you want Halloween for you and your kids to include so...
Posted 10.25.2009 | Impact
Baron Davis and Craig Smith grew up on the streets of historically underprivileged South Los Angeles. On Saturday, the two returned to their old neigh...
Liz Neumark | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
What made the strongest impression on me was how the children embraced the breadth of the fields. The chance to run across meadows -- more space than they'd ever seen in their lives -- -- was very precious.
Alexandra Sinderbrand | Posted 09.04.2009 | Style
Wear a cami under your shirt, don some spandex under your jeans, and/or make like the ladies at the Upper West Side Goodwill, lose the modesty bit and get nekkid in the back part of the store.
Alexandra Sinderbrand | Posted 08.29.2009 | Style
Here's the thing about thrift a la Goodwill or the Salvation Army: There are brandtastic gems to be had, but extracting the good from the bad, ugly and uglier is no easy task.
AP | MATT REED | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Often the last resort for those in need, the Salvation Army in some cities is experiencing a budget crunch of its own despite a...
Washington Post | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
From the steam grates of Pennsylvania Avenue to the porticoes of the city's grand buildings, homeless Washingtonians who live inside the nation's tigh...
Kate Kelly | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics
As Salvation Army bell ringers spend the last few days before the holidays singing carols and ringing their bells to gain donations for the Salvation ...
AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living
TAMPA, Fla. — The volunteer emptying Salvation Army kettles in southwest Florida recently came across something that stood out from the piles of...
Bil Browning | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living
Oh, the shoe is on the other foot now. I wonder where Captain Harsh stands on same sex marriage? Capt. Johnny Harsh of Oshkosh, Wis., says he's been...
Jason Notte | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business
I'm talking to you, dentist office filing clerk. While your boss is busy snaking a vacuum tube under someone's tongue, turn the radio from the all-Christmas station.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.24.2008 | Living
I've been receiving a lot of mail from nonprofits in my community asking for money. And I'll donate what I can. But there are other things we can do that involve more than just money -- volunteer our time.
Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living
December 10th the Lavender Flu will sweep across America as part of International Human Rights Day. A Day Without A Gay is a call for a national gay...
AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 01.06.2010 | Impact