Monterey residents be ready! This coming Saturday, May 14th will be the National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive. If you live in the city of Monterey, non-perishable food donations that you put out with your mail will come to The Salvation Army Monterey Peninsula Corps to support families right here on the peninsula. You may have already received a bag with The Salvation Army Red Shield logo on it. Simply put your food donations into the bag and put out by your mailbox. Your letter carrier will make sure the food gets delivered to us! If you didn’t receive a bag from the Post Office, that’s okay too. Just put your food donations in any bag and put out by your mailbox.

Don’t live in the city of Monterey? No problem. Each post office has decided where the food will goes. Most of the other local post offices are sending their food to the Food Bank of Monterey County that is located in Salinas. Either way, local families will still get the food they need.

What if Saturday doesn’t work for you or you want your food donations to come to The Salvation Army even if you don’t live in Monterey? That’s okay too. We always accept donations of non-perishable food items year round. You can drop off food donations to us directly at our Good Samaritan Center, located at 800 Scott Street in Sand City, between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. We are closed for lunch from 12:00pm–1:00pm.

If you have additional questions about how The Salvation Army serves the local community, feel free to give us a call at 899-4911 or drop us an email at info@tsamonterey.com.

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Camp Redwood Glen Summer Camps will run from June 17-August 3rd, 2010. For more information on camps, summer employment, and other inquiries, call your local Salvation Army or check out: http://tsaredwoodglen.org.

To read about the recent Camp Redwood Glen reunion and re-dedication, click the following link:  Salvation Army reunion celebrates long local history in Scotts Valley (via Santa Cruz Sentinel)

If you live on the Monterey Peninsula and are interested in Summer Camp, call Melissa at (831) 899-4911.

More Monterey County residents lived in poverty in 2008, as the worldwide recession deepened, and the ranks of the unemployed grew nearly 30 percent over the past two years, according to census data.

Read Entire Article via The Californian

This week The Salvation Army Monterey Peninsula Corps was privileged to have a group from KidLead organize a food drive for us. The students, all enrolled in KidLead’s LeadNow leadership program, came up with the idea for the food drive themselves and contacted local businesses about collecting donations. They collected 3/4 ton food–nearly 1500 lbs! Once they delivered the food to our Good Samaritan Center, they helped hand out food boxes for local families and Senior Citizens.

“KidLead is a non-profit, educational organization committed to raising effective, ethical leaders, by focusing on them when they are still pliable.” For more information, visit their website http://kidlead.com.

Here is an article from the Monterey County Herald.

Below are some pictures and video taken at our Good Samaritan Center.

KidLead visits The Salvation Army

Homeless numbers up 71 percent in Monterey County (via The Salinas Californian)

The number of homeless people tallied in Monterey County has increased 71 percent over the past two years, according to a census released this week.

Call or email us today to find out how you can help fight homelessness on the Monterey Peninsula!

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