Stories
Investing in the lives of others
2 December 2013
After driving his own taxi for 30 years, then retiring at the age of 74, Dennis Wyndham began volunteering at The Salvation Army’s Pa...
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Compassion for Christmas
2 December 2013
“It is so wonderful to be able to say to our clients, you just concentrate on keeping your bills paid and we’ll organise Chris...
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Hope at the heart of Foster House
4 November 2013
“Homelessness isn’t a disease…Everyone in this room may be only a pay cheque away from being homeless.” –...
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Finding Freedom
7 October 2013
“I worked seven days a week from seven in the morning until ten at night, I had no breaks …They used to threaten me and swear...
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Stan a fan of the Salvos
30 September 2013
To help those in greatest need, New Zealand-born singer, Stan Walker threw his support behind the 2013 Salvation Army Red Shield App...
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Building community in Quambone
13 September 2013
Caption: The Quambone general store and post office is the centre of this tiny, Central NSW town. A development project two hours northwest...
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Farmsitters a godsend
12 September 2013
Caption: Peter Ridley working on Phil and Barb’s windmill Many Australians could not imagine working every day from dawn to d...
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Depth of care grows from pain
9 September 2013
“No matter where or what part of the socio-economic level you come from, you just don’t know what tomorrow may bring. I never...
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Helping forever break the cycle
2 September 2013
“We had a young girl whose parents had never worked a day in their life, and their parents had never worked. She came in at the end o...
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Parties with layers of purpose
1 July 2013
“The breakfasts are a big party – we really make it big so that the kids walk in and go, ‘wow, we didn’t realise...
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