The Salvation Army Headquarters conference room is well-used already, and will soon receive a makeover by Advisory Board Member Jack Katzman. Here, women gather for the weekly Tea at 2 hosted by Capt. Nancy Ball.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – Through the generosity of one of its advisory board members, the conference room of the San Bernardino Corps of the Salvation Army’s headquarters building will soon have a new, much improved look.
“Advisory Board Member Jack Katzman has offered to remodel a room and donate much of the materials and labor,” said Capt. Stephen Ball, director of the San Bernardino Corps. “We greatly appreciate the generosity he has extended.”
“I am building a new room from the ground up,” said Katzman, who is the owner of Arrowhead Property Management, Inc. whichrehabiliates and leases office buildings throughout San Bernardino.
The project at the Salvation Army Headquarters Building will include replacing the lights, wiring and doors of the conference room, taking out old carpet to replace it with floor tiles, and painting the walls and adding new wood trim to them.
“The room is used heavily for many program activities and will be very nice when the work is completed,” Capt. Ball said.
One of its previous uses was as the “cold-weather” shelter for up to 28 men during the late fall and winter months, from 2007 through earlier this year when the Salvation Army’s shelter programs moved to their own building on Tenth Street.
It also for many years has been and continues to be used for meetings, worship services, youth programs and other Salvation Army functions.
Katzman, who is not only a member of the San Bernardino Corps advisory board, but president of the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center’s advisory board, said its an honor for him to build this project for The Salvation Army.
“The Salvation Army helps people everywhere,” he said. “That’s why I believe in giving back to them.” About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
For local help, call the San Bernardino Corps headquarters at (909) 888-1337.
Capt. Nancy Ball, co-director of the San Bernardino Corps of the Salvation Army, pours tea into her collection of china teacups. She serves tea from these cups every Wednesday to the women she ministers to and with at the Salvation Army.
Capt. Nancy Ball, co-director of the San Bernardino Corps of the Salvation Army, leads a group of women gathered for Tea at 2, a women’s ministry of The Salvation Army, San Bernardino. Photo by Suzi Woodruff-Lacey. (SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) Whether they are rich or poor, women often lead stress-filled lives.
Capt. Nancy Ball, co-director of the San Bernardino Corps of the Salvation Army, is taking some of that stress away from the women she works with. Every Wednesday, she invites them to visit her for a cup of tea.
“I serve tea and cookies every Wednesday at 2 p.m. to any woman who is on the premises of the Salvation Army headquarters,” she said. “I serve hot tea, whether it’s cold or hot outside, because hot tea is fun. It’s good to just close the door once in awhile, have a cookie and a relaxing cup of tea.”
She calls this “Tea at 2.” She has been serving weekly teas since shortly after she and her husband Stephen became the San Bernardino Corps directors in 2007.
Recently, after learning of how Capt. Ball has changed women’s lives through her Tea at 2 program, the Kahului, Hawaii Salvation Army Corps implemented a similar program especially for the women at its emergency family shelter.
Capt. Ball serves the tea from her own collection of china pots, teacups and saucers. She single-handedly prepares four pots of tea, and pours each one into one of the colorful teacups with saucers.
Once every woman is served, Capt. Ball asks for prayer requests. Similarly to many other gatherings of Christian women, she’s bound to hear that the women around her need prayer for the health of their loved ones, for problems in their or their children’s relationships, or for blessings of employment or college scholarships.
But since this tea party takes place at the Salvation Army, the women’s requests can take on a tone not like those at most other women’s prayer meetings.
“I have a praise report,” says one woman. “We’re moving into an apartment this week.”
“My praise report is that my friend is no longer in an abusive relationship,” says another. “She has moved into Hospitality House.”
Most of the women taking part in the prayer meeting these days are staff or volunteers with the Salvation Army. Some take part in the Sunday worship services the Salvation Army offers, or are the mothers of children and teens who take part in its youth outreach programs.
Teenage girls in these outreach programs often take part in the teas too. At a recent tea, 18-year-old Sarai asked for prayer about a college scholarship she applied for then, shortly after the tea was over, left with her fellow members of the 2010 Salvation Army basketball team to compete in a tournament in Portland, Ore.
For more than two years, homeless women also made up a large portion of the crowd gathered into the Salvation Army headquarters meeting room. That’s when the Hospitality House emergency family shelter was operating out of the headquarters building.
“We need to keep praying for the women at Hospitality House,” says Dodie, a former staff member who attended the tea party recently for the first time in several months. During her time away, on February 1 of this year, Hospitality House moved out of the headquarters building and into its own building about 1.5 miles away.
“We prayed for Hospitality House during the transition for two years,” she said. “But now we don’t have the same regular interaction with those women.”
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For some time, the women discussed ways to continue helping the homeless women – and those women who recently moved out of Hospitality House – stay connected with everything The Salvation Army has to offer them.
Dodie, who lives near the headquarters building, keeps an eye out for women who go there after business hours, only to find no one is there. She’s prayed with some of those women, given many directions to the new shelter, and in one case, walked with a woman to the shelter.
Other women are giving the Hospitality House residents rides over to the headquarters building, or if they have already left the Hospitality House, calling them to remind them they can still take part in The Salvation Army’s other ministries. For the youth, The Salvation Army offers transportation to its ministries.
“It’s about loving your neighbor,” Capt. Ball said. “The Salvation Army is all about giving people a place to belong. We’re a place where there is someone to walk with you and pray with you.”
About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
For local help, call the San Bernardino Corps headquarters at (909) 888-1337.
The 2010 Salvation Army Basketball Team includes (front row) Sarai Napp and Devion Cleveland, (back row) Capt. Stephen Ball (coach), Roosevelt Carroll Jr., Suemae Rodriguez, Adell Sims and Richard Tafolla (coach).
(San BERNARDINO, Calif.) A Salvation Army basketball tournament gave five San Bernardino-area teens a taste of the great Northwest, and provided best performance basketball shoes wich was a challenge to their athletic skills.
The team traveled to Portland, Ore. recently for this annual tournament and youth conference. The tournament, held for the 13th time in 2010, was hosted by the Portland Moore Street Corps of The Salvation Army.
“They played hard but did not win any of their games,” said Capt. Stephen Ball, co-director of the San Bernardino Corps. “They were good sports, and for the second time, earned the Sportsmanship Trophy.”
The old adage “It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game,” is appropriate at this tournament.
And, in this case, “the game” extends beyond the three sessions on the court. “Basketball is the third most important thing at this tournament,” said Capt. Nancy Ball, co-director of the San Bernardino Corps. “It focuses on worship, fellowship and a little basketball.”
All of the 18 participating teams also were able to hear a motivational speech by Seth Franco, a former member of the Harlem Globetrotters and Michael Harper, a former NBA player.
The San Bernardino Corps has sent a team to this basketball tournament for three years now.
This year, for the first time, the team included two young women, Sarai Napp and Suemae Rodriquez. They’re joined with team veterans Devion Cleveland, Roosevelt Carroll Jr., and Adell Sims.
Traveling with them were Capt. Stephen Ball and Coach Richard Tafolla.
The players, ages 17-19, have not seen many places outside their own community. So, the trip to Oregon was also for sight seeing.
“We visited the Kroc Corps Community Center in Salem, Ore. where we swam in their beautiful pools,” Capt. Stephen Ball said. “One of them was a family-oriented swimming pool with a slide enclosed in a lighthouse, and an all-access area that looks like a beach but is actually a spongy surface.”
“Next to it is an Olympic sized pool for competitive events,” he said. “We were able to swim in both.”
The Salvation Army is building Kroc Community Centers in selected locations throughout the United States with a $1.5 billion donation from Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald’s Corporation founder Ray Kroc, upon her death in 2003. These centers offer athletic facilities and other community recreational services. A Kroc Community Center is not planned for San Bernardino.
The San Bernardino Corps contingent also visited the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore., where they were able to climb aboard the Spruce Goose.
The Spruce Goose is a football field-sized seaplane, developed by the Hughes Corporation during World War II to transport troops over air and water, but not completed in time to serve in that war and never put into military or commercial use. After its test flight in 1947, it spent the next 32 years in storage in Long Beach, Calif., then about 10 years on public display at the Spruce Goose Dome there.
It was dismantled and moved to its new home in McMinnville, Ore. in 1993. Evergreen Aviation spent seven years putting the Spruce Goose back together in Oregon before opening the museum in 2000. About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY. The hole match was sponsored by agen bola detikbet gambling league.
For local help, call the San Bernardino Corps headquarters at (909) 888-1337.
Community support was overwhelming when the new Hospitality House held a grand opening in January. Volunteers are now needed to help children in the shelter’s computer lab and media center. Photo by Chris Sloan
Salvation Army Cadets Ryan and Marjorie Miller explain the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps’ plans for the new computer lab at its Hospitality House shelter. Among those hearing the plans, in background, are Assistant County Superintendent of Schools Margaret Hill and Brenda Doughty, who directs the tutoring program at Hospitality House for the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Photo by Chris Sloan
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) The Salvation Army Hospitality House seeks volunteers to work with children in its shelter’s media center and computer lab.
“This is a great opportunity for anyone who likes working with children, and who could give one or two hours of their time, one, two or three times a week,” said San Bernardino Corps Co-Director Capt. Nancy Ball.
“They would not need to teach or even tutor the children, as we have had a tutoring program with San Bernardino City Unified School District for many years,” she said. “The volunteers would simply help the children with their school work.”
“We also could use donations of wholesome literature books that elementary school students would enjoy reading,” Capt. Ball said. “We have many books already to read to younger children, but we want to encourage those who can already read by providing them with books geared to their age group.”
Hospitality House, the Salvation Army’s emergency family shelter, moved to its new location on Tenth Street on Feb. 1, after operating for more than two years in the San Bernardino Corps’ headquarters building, and for about 50 years prior to that at a now-demolished location on Kingman Street.
The media center and computer lab provides the children staying at Hospitality House a place to study. It is also the new home of the on-site tutoring program the San Bernardino City Unified School District has offered to children in the Hospitality House for many years, dating back to when the shelter was on Kingman Street.
These two rooms of the new Hospitality House received special attention during the remodeling of the building on Tenth Street, as Target had donated a $25,000 grant to help The Salvation Army promote children’s literacy. With the grant, it purchased the computers, a television for viewing educational videos and programs, study tables for young and older children, lighting and colorful touches, including a large mural.
To volunteer, call the San Bernardino Corps headquarters at (909) 888-1336 or email nancy.ball@usw.salvationarmy.org
About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org <http://www.salvationarmyusa.org> or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
Adell Sims, Suemae Rodriguez, Roosevelt Carroll Jr., Sarai Napp and Devison Cleveland all love to play basketball and are the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps basketball team. Before participating in a tournament in Portland, Ore. two of them received new shoes, which the Salvation Army bought for them with Foot Locker gift cards that had been donated by Stater Brothers Charities. Those were the first two of 30 cards, valued at $50 each, the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps put to good use. It will give the rest to families in need of new shoes who are staying at the Hospitality House emergency family shelter. Stater Brothers Charities also donated 30 good work boots 2016 and 30 Foot Locker cards to the Salvation Army Cathedral City Corps to help families in the Coachella Valley .
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) Thirty of San Bernardino’s most needy families will have an opportunity to receive new shoes, courtesy of a donation of Foot Locker gift cards from Stater Brothers Charities.
The San Bernardino-based grocery store chain’s charitable foundation donated 30 Foot Locker gift cards worth $50 each to the San Bernardino Corps of the Salvation Army. It made the same donation to the Cathedral City Corps to help needy families in the Coachella Valley.
The San Bernardino Corps immediately put two of its gift cards to good use.
“Two members of our Salvation Army basketball team needed shoes to compete in a tournament April 30 through May 2 in Portland, Ore.,” said Capt. Nancy Ball, co-director of the San Bernardino Corps. “They were able to purchase these shoes with these gift cards.”
Capt. Ball said Roosevelt Carroll, director of the Hospitality House emergency family shelter, received the other 28 cards and will hand them out to families staying there as needed. She expects Carroll will find families who need the cards fairly quickly.
“Many people come to the Hospitality House wearing nothing more on their feet than a pair of flip-flops,” she said. “Those are the only shoes they have. We will be glad to help them obtain more suitable shoes.”
Sarah Cain, executive director of Stater Brothers Charities, said the grocery store chain and the non-profit organization it founded to help the community are committed to helping all people in the Inland Empire with their basic needs.
“Stater Bros. Charities is committed to caring for the communities we serve even in the most basic ways, like providing shoes to those in need,” she said.
About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
Salvation Army Advisory Board Member Carl Dameron, Salvation Army Band Leader Stephen Yalden and daughter Sophie Yalden, in the kitchen of the newly-relocated Salvation Army Hospitality House. This new kitchen is substantially larger than the one in the Hospitality House’s previous location at the San Bernardino Corps’ Headquarters building, and in order to make best use of it, the Army seeks donations of additional kitchen items. It also has an ongoing need for personal items for the shelter residents. Photo by Chris Sloan
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) The Salvation Army seeks donations of kitchen supplies and personal items to help residents of its new Hospitality House emergency family shelter.
“We need some items to help us make better use of our new larger kitchen,” said Co-Director Capt. Nancy Ball. “We also have an ongoing need for toiletries and other personal items.”
The needed kitchen items are:
Six 6” deep rectangular pans
10 4” deep rectangular pans
20 2” deep rectangular pans
One 10-piece knife set, including cleaver
Four large spatulas
10 serving spoons, both regular and slotted
20 large cookie sheets
Two 6” deep, 18” wide and 24” long pans
Three 16” diameter, 24” tall pots
Six large plastic storage containers with lids
Six small-medium plastic storage containers with lids
Four large serving trays
Four large serving bowls
One large strainer
One small strainer
10 medium tongs
Meats and other food items
The needed personal items are:
Diapers (all sizes)
Baby formula
Tampons and sanitary pads
Combs and brushes
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Dental floss
Body/Hand Soap
Deodorant (men’s and women’s)
Shampoo
Pillows
Blankets
Twin sheets
Hand lotion
Towels
Wash cloths
Socks (men’s women’s and children’s)
Band-Aids
Pens and pencils
Hospitality House, the Salvation Army’s emergency family shelter, moved to its new location on Tenth Street on Feb. 1, after operating for more than two years in the San Bernardino Corps’ headquarters building, and for about 50 years prior to that at a now-demolished location on Kingman Street.
To make a donation, call the San Bernardino Corps Headquarters at (909) 888-1336 or drop off the donations at the Headquarters building, 746 W. Fifth Street, San Bernardino.
About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
SATERN member Tony Slaughter with equipment and other items the group was giving away at a recent event. On Saturday, March 6 SATERN will provide an opportunity for others to learn about and take the licensing exam for amateur radio, which would enable them to help this group serve the Salvation Army in times of disaster.
Amateur radios require some training and a license to use, but SATERN is providing the training and an opportunity to test for the license on Saturday, March 6.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) of Riverside and San Bernardino counties is offering a one-day amateur radio licensing course on Saturday, March 6.
The course, taught by SATERN member Paul Hager, takes place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Redlands Salvation Army Corps, 838 Alta St. in Redlands. An exam session begins at 5 p.m.
“The class will cover the Federal Communications Commission technician license test,” said Hager. “This is the entry level license and requires only passing the written test we will provide at the end of our course. Anyone with this license can join SATERN as we help the Salvation Army be of service during times of disaster.”
SATERN members use their amateur radios to stay in contact with Salvation Army teams who help firefighters and other emergency workers on the scene of a disaster, and to help those affected by the disaster contact out-of-town family members.
They respond all over the world with the Salvation Army, most recently to the earthquake in Haiti. The local members have often assisted in the major wildfires affecting southern California.
Cost of the class is $6, which includes lunch. There is a $15 fee for the exam.
Exam participants must also present valid photo identification and either their Social Security number or an FCC-issued federal registration number.
All class participants are asked to RSVP by contacting Paul Hager at AE6TR@arrl.org.
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
A Salvation Army band entertained guests as they arrived for the Grand Opening of the Hospitality House emergency family shelter on Friday, Jan. 15. Photo by Chris Sloan
A group of Salvation Army cadets and other visitors discuss plans for the new media center and the adjacent computer lab, which are both spaces primarily for children’s education within the Hospitality House emergency family shelter. The creation of both of these rooms was paid for by a $25,000 grant from Target, which gave money last year to several Salvation Army programs worldwide to further children’s literacy. Photo by Chris Sloan
Salvation Army advisory board member Carl Dameron speaks to Salvation Army Band leader and his daughter in the new kitchen of the Hospitality House emergency family shelter, for which a grand opening was held Friday, Jan. 15. Photo by Chris Sloan
Those taking part in the Grand Opening of the Salvation Army’s Hospitality House emergency family shelter on Friday, Jan. 15 were (front row) Margaret Hill, assistant superintendent with San Bernardino County schools; Henry Nwosu, field representative for Senator Bob Dutton; Jesse Valdez, field representative to Congressman Joe Baca; Rebecca Bloomfield, field representative for Assembly Member Anthony Adams, Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps Director Nancy Ball, (back row) Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps Director Stephen Ball, Salvation Army Sierra Del Mar Division Commander Linda Markiewicz and Tom Brickley, chairman of the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps advisory board. The ceremony was attended by about 200 people. Photo by Chris Sloan
Salvation Army Sierra Del Mar Divisional Commander Linda Markiewicz and Nancy Tortorelli, resource development director for the Sierra Del Mar division of the Salvation Army, discuss the computer lab at the San Bernardino Corps’ newly-remodeled Hospitality House emergency family shelter. Photo by Chris Sloan
Sierra Del Mar Divisional Commander Linda Markiewicz tells guests about the Salvation Army’s mission of offering hope at the Grand Opening ceremony held Friday, Jan. 15 for the San Bernardino Corps’ newly-remodeled Hospitality House emergency family shelter. Photo by Chris Sloan
San Bernardino Mayor Patrick Morris tells visitors about the history of good things done in the building that will soon house Hospitality House emergency family shelter, which held a Grand Opening ceremony Friday, Jan. 15. The building previously housed a shelter for men recovering from substance abuse, operated by another branch of the Salvation Army. Before that, it was a fire station. Photo by Chris Sloan
San Bernardino Mayor Patrick Morris, Salvation Army Sierra Del Mar Divisional Commander Linda Markiewicz, and Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps Captains Stephen and Nancy Ball cut the ribbon Friday, Jan. 15 on the newly-remodeled Hospitality House emergency family shelter on Tenth Street. To the left of Mayor Morris is retired Salvation Army Major Russell Fritz who, as the previous San Bernardino Corps commander, laid groundwork on the plans to move the emergency shelter to this location, which takes place Feb. 1. Photo by Chris Sloan
San Bernardino Corps Director Capt. Stephen Ball speaks during a Grand Opening ceremony held Friday, Jan. 15 at the new Hospitality House emergency family shelter. Photo by Chris Sloan
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – When the Salvation Army of San Bernardino (www.salvationarmyusa.org) had to give up its homeless shelter on Kingman Street three years ago, many people knew something good would come from it.
Friday, January 15, their faith came to fruition, as the Salvation Army held the grand opening of a new extensively remodeled Hospitality House shelter at 925 10th Street. About 200 people attended, including Salvation Army officers, local volunteers and elected officials from San Bernardino and surrounding areas.
Mayor Patrick Morris recalled that he had spoken here once before, when he was a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, and spoke to men taking part in the Adult Rehabilitation Center treatment program the building housed then.
“These walls have seen a lot of good things happen,” he said. “Now the building is launching a new career. It will be a source of shelter for those people who need a second chance in life.”
Captain Stephen Ball, director of the San Bernardino Corps, explained the process that led to opening the new shelter at this location.
“The fact that we are standing here today is because of a mighty act of God,” Capt. Stephen Ball said. “We also thank God for Cal Trans, which gave us a little more than $3 million. From that, we purchased and remodeled this building.”
The California Department of Transportation had acquired the Kingman street shelter through eminent domain, and in February 2007 tore it down to allow the widening of nearby Interstate 215. This left a void in San Bernardino, as it had lost a vitally needed homeless shelter, but since the Salvation Army specializes in bringing hope to others, its staff was not discouraged.
Among the hopeful were Captains Stephen and Nancy Ball, who would be taking over leadership of the San Bernardino Corps from the retiring and equally hopeful Majors Russell and Jacque Fritz later that year. With their hope, and with the $3,000,045 Cal Trans paid for the Kingman Street property, the Balls guided the Salvation Army staff and volunteers through the challenge of replacing the old, worn out shelter with a new place to call Hospitality House.
925 10th Street started out sometime during the 1940s or 1950s as a fire station. Then, in 1976 San Bernardino’s other branch of the Salvation Army, Adult Rehabilitation Center, purchased it to create a treatment center and shelter for men overcoming drug and alcohol addiction. It used the 10th Street property until 2008 before opening a new drug and alcohol treatment center/shelter near Mill Street and Waterman Avenue.
In 2009, the Corps bought the property from the Adult Rehabilitation Center. In August, it began rehabilitating the property, installing a new roof, heating and air conditioning, dual pane windows, new bathroom tile and fixtures and security cameras throughout the building.
The new shelter includes 21 private rooms, nine bathrooms with handicap access and two laundry rooms for families, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen three times as large as in the temporary shelter and private offices where staff can offer one-on-one counseling with the shelter’s residents.
Two more rooms are a computer lab and a library/education center especially for children. A San Bernardino City Unified School District tutoring program already in place will move here with the families, but the computers and a collection of children’s books and educational videos will offer children much more opportunity for learning.
The shelter needs new pillows, blankets and other bedding. To help make that happen the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps has registered at Target to help provide for its new shelter.
The Target Foundation allows non-profit organizations such as The Salvation Army to create registries so that community members can help donate specific needs. These registries can be printed at Target, in the same way one would print a wedding or baby gift registry, so shoppers can help The Salvation Army while at Target Christmas shopping and ask for List ID: 012018800000074.
Anyone not going to a Target store anytime soon can visit http://www.target.com/lists/2731VI55YOJEH “Salvation Army Hospitality House Homeless Shelter” to find out the needs of the local Salvation Army Corps. Not all items are available on line.
So, now it’s time for some more people who have lost their homes to have a chance at something better. The Salvation Army will move about 80 homeless people, mostly women and children, to the new shelter on Feb. 1.
“We want to help those who seek shelter and the chance for a new start in life,” said Capt. Na
ncy Ball.
About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
A member of SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) presents information during the 2009 seminar. A new seminar, with all new workshops about SATERN and what it does for the community, takes place Jan. 30 at the San Bernardino Corps, 746 W. Fifth St.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – Anyone interested in amateur radio is invited to learn how to help one of the world’s oldest disaster relief organizations in its communications efforts.
The Inland Empire’s Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network, also known as SATERN, will hold its 14th Annual Introduction and Seminar on Saturday, Jan. 30. This free event takes place from 8:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps, 746 W. Fifth St., San Bernardino. It’s open to the public and includes a complimentary lunch.
SATERN relies on amateur or shortwave radio, a technology that’s been around since before World War II, but is growing more sophisticated. These radios allow two-way communication across areas of about 200 miles, so SATERN uses them to communicate among its own members who are participating in a Salvation Army disaster relief effort, and with the emergency workers they’re helping.
The Salvation Army has helped in just about every disaster that has broken out over the last century, including fires such as the ones that burned in much of the Angeles National Forest this year, earthquakes, floods and the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
“Amateur radio is a great hobby and participating in SATERN is a great way to turn that hobby into something that helps our Inland Empire tremendously,” said Tony Stephen, Inland Empire SATERN Committee member. “If more people join us, we will be able to deliver communications more effectively during the next fire or other disaster that hits our area.”
After a sign-in time, the seminar gets underway at 9 a.m. The first speakers are Trace Wilette, a member of the Inland Empire’s SATERN committee, Carl Gardenias of the American Radio Relay League and Capt. Stephen Ball, executive officer of the San Bernardino Corps. They will provide an introduction to SATERN.
American Radio Relay League is an amateur radio organization separate from The Salvation Army, but whose members also are involved in disaster relief.
From 11 a.m. to 12 noon, Commissioner Phillip Swyers of The Salvation Army’s Western Territory and Major Linda Markiewicz, divisional commander of the Sierra Del Mar Division of The Salvation Army will speak on “Ready to Serve.”
They will explain how SATERN provides vital communication services on several fronts during disasters, such as between its own members, to the rescue workers they’re assisting and to the public. Rescue workers frequently rely on SATERN to help those displaced in a disaster communicate their whereabouts to out-of-town family, and to provide media with information that will help keep everyone safe and well-informed.
The seminar also includes two workshops on technical aspects of amateur radio, and a complimentary lunch.
So it will have an accurate lunch count, SATERN asks those attending to RSVP, either by email, phone, or amateur radio to one of the following members:
Tony Stephen, ke6jzf@verizon.net, (909) 628-2843, KE6JZF.
Tony Straughter, revmass@verizon.net, (909) 980-9691, KA6YEZ
Bob Booth, w6qed@verizon.net, (909) 886-0215, W6QED
Paul Hager, paulhager@gmail.com, (909) 338-0319, AE6TR
Trace Willette, ki6dpn@arrl.net, (909) 800-1681, KI6DPN
Fred Steig, kt6k@msn.com, (909) 886-7844, KT6K
For more information go to the website www.satern.net About the Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps
The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church, and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
Volunteers are again manning a Christmas “Sharing Tree” at Inland Center Mall. Purchasing a gift for one of the children “tagged” on this tree is one of several ways to help The Salvation Army bring joy to needy children this holiday season. (SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) Local Salvation Army Corps and several businesses have joined forces to make this holiday season one the needy children of the Inland Empire will never forget.
In San Bernardino, this program is known as “Sharing Trees.” However, many other corps of The Salvation Army refer to the program as “Angel Giving Trees.”
In San Bernardino County, these programs revolve around actual Christmas trees. These trees were set up in local malls the day after Thanksgiving.
Attached to branches of the tree are cards with names of children whose families simply cannot afford to buy gifts, as much as they would love to. Shoppers who want to take part by helping disadvantaged children simply pluck a tag off the Giving Tree, read the child’s name and wish list, then head for the appropriate store for a little sharing of their own.
“Why not start a tradition with your family and select a gift for a needy child together,” Capt. Ball said.
San Bernardino Corps put its Sharing Tree in the Inland Center Mall (500 Inland Center Drive, San Bernardino) in front of the old Gottschalks location.
The Ontario Corps put trees in Ontario Mills Mall (1 Mills Circle, Ontario) in front of JC Penney’s and Montclair Plaza (5060 E. Montclair Plaza Lane, Montclair) inside the Macy’s store. The Redlands Corps put a tree at Wal-Mart (2050 W. Redlands Blvd., Redlands).
However, not all corps have actual trees. The Riverside Corps asks shoppers to call (951) 784-4490, ext. 114 to obtain the name of and requests of more than 2,000 children on its “Angel” list.
Shoppers helping the Riverside children should take their gifts to a warehouse the Riverside Corps has established at 3695 First Street, Riverside.
For the first time this year, JC Penney’s shoppers can also shop online for any Salvation Army Corps’ needy children. The website jcp.com/angel allows online shoppers to select children in their local area, order a gift for them from Penney’s online catalog, and let Penney’s handle shipping it to the appropriate Salvation Army Corps.
The Salvation Army also is looking for other businesses in both San Bernardino and Riverside counties, who would like to have a tree at their place of business for employees and/or customers.
“This is a great way for business owners and managers to help the community this Christmas,” Capt. Ball said.
“Soccer balls, dolls and clothes are just a few items on each child’s wish list,” Capt. Ball said. “Shoppers who participate in the program are encouraged to shop for more than what is needed on the list.”
Salvation Army volunteers make sure the presents are earmarked for the specific child.
To help, make a donation, or for more information please call The Salvation Army at (888) 725-2769.
About the Salvations Army San Bernardino Corps The Salvation Army may be able to provide emergency services including food; lodging for homeless or displaced families; clothing and furniture; assistance with rent or mortgage and transportation when funds are available. The Salvation Army Team Radio Network assists rescue workers and evacuees in such disasters as fires.
The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian church and also offers evangelical programs for boys, girls and adults. One of the largest charitable and international service organizations in the world, The Salvation Army has been in existence since 1865 and in San Bernardino since 1887, supporting those in need without discrimination. Donations may always be made online at www.salvationarmyusa.org or by calling 1-(800)-SAL-ARMY.
