Farmers Needed for Produce Scraps
We like to ensure that every resource entrusted to us is put to good use. We generate a fair amount of compostable materials from our food bank and soup kitchen as we prepare meals and discard food items which are no longer ideal for consumption. We...
Oceanside Community Christmas Resources
The Career centre has published a local brochure of Community Christmas Resources. These are available at all of our ministry unit locations and are summarized here:Food options for those in need in our community:Salvation Army Food Bank Holiday Shopping:...
Pre-Christmas Half Price Warehouse Sale
In celebration of the Christmas season we are adding a second 50% off weekend to December. Come by the furniture warehouse on December 14 & 15th for 50% off most items in store (new items excluded from the sale). Our thrift stores will also be adding...
Community Partners – Manna
Outreach society changing what it does in Parksville Qualicum Beach area. Manna adjusts focus away from homeless camping at Jensen Avenue, toward mobile health support. Manna Homeless Society is changing the kind of support it gives, in hopes of focusing...
Parksville Lioness Club Focuses on Food Security
We are grateful for the support of the Parksville Lioness Club for their donation of $5,200 in support of our food bank, soup kitchen and school lunch program. Over the past year the Lioness service club has decided to intentionally focus on food...
Kettle Bells Will Soon Be Ringing!
It is nearly that time of year where we'll be out on the streets ringing the kettle bells to encourage our community to partner in our biggest fund raising campaign of the year. Our Christmas Kettle Campaign enables us to carry out our important work in...
Christmas Items are here!
Our Christmas inventory displays are ready in our Furniture Warehouse, Qualicum store and main Parksville store. Sale of Christmas items will start November 13th. For that day only Christmas items will be excluded from our normal Tuesday Senior’s...
9 Week Empowered to Connect Trauma-Informed Caregiver
Starting September 24th on Monday evenings we will be hosting the 9 week Trauma-informed Caregiver Empowered to Connect Connect Course. This training is designed for adoptive and foster parents or those working with children who may have experienced hard...
Great Sale on Commercial/Retail Shelving
On Saturday June 9th from 9am-4pm we are having a sale on commercial/retail shelving at our furniture warehouse at 1210 Industrial Way in the Parksville Industrial Area. Some of the items we'll be featuring include: Retail clothing racks Display units & shelving...
Dickens of a Twist Community Play Raises Money for Salvation Army Work
The cast and crew of the "Dickens of a Twist" play came by The Salvation Army with the donations they collected from admission to their 3 public performances of the adapted Oliver Twist story. They performed for over 2000 children at 8 local schools in the...