Editing The Salvation Army (section)

==Community services==
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===Disaster relief===
[[File:Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Trailer.jpg|thumb|Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Trailer]]
[[File:""Like An Angel of Mercy She Comes To Serve!" Salvation Army Home Service Campaign." - DPLA - 0d7e7b2958eac1d3bcc59045a6abb276 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|'''"Like An Angel of Mercy She Comes To Serve!", 1914-1918''']]
In the United States, the Salvation Army's first major forays into disaster relief resulted from the [[Tragedy (event)|tragedies]] of the [[Galveston Hurricane]] of 1900<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Looking Back: A Salvation Army History Timeline |url=https://peermag.org/articles/looking-back-a-salvation-army-history-timeline/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Peer Magazine {{!}} The Salvation Army |language=en}}</ref> and the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archive Record |url=https://sawest.pastperfectonline.com/archive/F728BED7-A99F-4CE9-B27F-842226050060 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=sawest.pastperfectonline.com}}</ref> General [[Evangeline Booth]] offered the services of Salvationists to President [[Woodrow Wilson]] during the First World War.<ref name=":3" />

The Salvation Army is a [[Non-governmental organization|nongovernmental relief agency]]. After the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Indian Ocean tsunami]] in 2004, they arrived at the disaster sites to help retrieve and bury the dead. Since then they have helped rebuild homes and construct new boats for people to recover their livelihood. Members were prominent among relief organisations after [[Hurricane Hugo]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-21 |title=Remembering Hurricane Hugo in 1989 |url=https://thetandd.com/news/local/remembering-hurricane-hugo-in-1989/collection_3bffb9e2-da49-11e9-ad7f-dfc9a000604e.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=The Times and Democrat |language=en}}</ref> and [[Hurricane Andrew]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salvation Army responds to Hurricane Andrew - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/27/Salvation-Army-responds-to-Hurricane-Andrew/1720714888000/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> In August 2005, they supplied drinking water to poor people affected by the heat wave in the United States. Later in 2005 they responded to hurricanes [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]] and [[Hurricane Rita|Rita]]. They helped the victims of an earthquake in Indonesia in May 2006.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

[[File:Williamboothcollege.jpg|thumb|left|The William Booth Memorial Training College, Denmark Hill, London: The College for Officer Training of the Salvation Army in the UK|269x269px]]
Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the Salvation Army has allocated donations of more than US$365 million to serve more than 1.7 million people in nearly every American state. The Army's immediate response to Hurricane Katrina included the mobilization of more than 178 canteen feeding units and 11 field kitchens which together served more than 5.7 million hot meals, 8.3 million sandwiches, snacks, and drinks. Its SATERN ([[Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network]])<ref>[https://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/usc/satern-program/  Salvation Army SATERN webpage, Retrieved 2023-06-29]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.satern.org/ |title=SATERN |publisher=SATERN |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419125126/http://www.satern.org/ |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> network of amateur ham-radio operators picked up where modern communications left off to help locate more than 25,000 survivors. Salvation Army pastoral care counselors were on hand to comfort the emotional and spiritual needs of 277,000 individuals. As part of the effort, Salvation Army officers, employees, and volunteers contributed more than 900,000 hours of service.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

The Salvation Army was one of the first relief agencies on the scene of the [[September 11 attacks]] in New York City in 2001. They also provided prayer support for families of missing people.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

The Salvation Army, along with the [[American National Red Cross]], [[Southern Baptist Convention]], and other disaster relief organisations, are members of the National Voluntary Organisations Active in Disaster (NVOAD).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nvoad.org/ |title=National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster |publisher=Nvoad.org |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105045432/http://www.nvoad.org/ |archive-date=5 January 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Around the world, the Salvation Army have emergency services support emergency disaster services in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services |url=https://photos.irp.us/Public-Safety/Salvation-Army/Chicago |website=Incident Response |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref> These are mobile canteen vehicles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/launch-new-salvation-army-emergency-response-vehicle-suffolk|title=Emergency response vehicle (county of Suffolk, England)|date=12 January 2016|website=Salvation Army UK territory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233236/https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/launch-new-salvation-army-emergency-response-vehicle-suffolk|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> that provide food and other welfare to members of the [[Emergency Services]] at [[bushfires]], [[floods]], [[search and rescue|land search]], and other large- and small-scale emergency operations undertaken by Police, Fire, Ambulance, and [[State Emergency Service]] members, and to the general public affected by such events. Volunteers and officers run the canteen service. They respond when emergency services have been on the scene for more than four hours or where four or more Fire vehicles are responding.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

===Family Tracing Service===
The Family Tracing Service (sometimes known as the Missing Persons Service) was established in 1885, and the service is now available in most of the countries where The Salvation Army operates. The Tracing Service's objective is to restore (or to sustain) family relationships where contact has been lost, whether recently or in the distant past. Thousands of people are traced every year on behalf of their relatives.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

===Youth groups===
[[File:Armee-de-salut-Negative0-06-4A(1).jpg|thumb|Bell ringers standing on the streets in Lausanne.|265x265px]]
[[File:Salvation Army Gym.png|thumb|Salvation Army gym]]
The Salvation Army includes many youth groups, which primarily consist of its [[Sunday school]]s and the [[Scouting|Scout and Guide]] packs. The Scout and Guide packs are affiliated with and sponsored by the Salvation Army but are open units that allow anyone to join. These units/packs observe Christian standards and encourage young people to investigate and develop in their Christian faith. Some territories have a Salvation Army Guards and Legions Association (SAGALA). In the United States youth groups that are specifically for girls are known as Girl Guards (older girls) and Sunbeams (younger girls). [[Adventure Corps]] serves boys who are enrolled in school for first through eighth grades, and is sometimes separated into Rangers (6th–8th Grade) and Explorers (5th Grade and younger).{{cn|date=October 2024}}

====Alove UK====
In the 21st century, the Salvation Army in the United Kingdom created a branch for the youth, called Alove:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.salvationarmy.org.uk/alove/alove.nsf/vw-dynamic-arrays/B121E31B9AE62BF8802574FA0054344D?openDocument|title= Alove|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205232044/http://www2.salvationarmy.org.uk/alove/alove.nsf/vw-dynamic-arrays/B121E31B9AE62BF8802574FA0054344D?openDocument |archive-date=5 December 2011 }}</ref> the Salvation Army for a new generation. Its purpose is to free the youth of the church and their communities to express themselves and their faith in their own ways. Its mission statement is "Calling a generation to dynamic faith, radical lifestyle, adventurous mission and a fight for justice". It emphasises worship, discipleship, missions, and social action. Alove is a member of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services ([[NCVYS]]).<ref name="NCVYS members">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncvys.org.uk/index.php?page=392 |title=Full list of NCVYS members |publisher=Ncvys.org.uk |access-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512231646/http://www.ncvys.org.uk/index.php?page=392 |archive-date=12 May 2013  }}</ref>

=== Work Against Exploitation ===
The Salvation Army works with a specialist team in partnership with the UK service ''Modern Slavery Helpline'' (telephone 0800 0121 700) to help people who have been exploited for labor or profits. The organisation also assists homeless people by running 461 hostels<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2017 |title=Statistics page, Salvation Army International |url=https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/statistics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314174058/https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/statistics |archive-date=14 March 2018 |access-date=18 March 2018 |website=Salvation Army International}}</ref> and 20 refugee programmes.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

=== COVID-19 relief ===
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Salvation Army donated 224,603,024 meals and 1,822,412 [[personal protective equipment]] supply kits in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Salvation Army COVID-19 Impact Report |url=https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/covid-impact-report/pdf/covid-19-impact-report.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Salvation Army 2020 COVID Impact Report |url=https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/covid-impact-report/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.salvationarmyusa.org}}</ref>