The Boys are Gone!

The girls have the week to themselves at The Salvation Army and are rejoicing, because the boys have left for camp!

What the girls won’t experience until next week is that Hidden Falls Camp is a LOT of fun: indoor swimming, hundreds of friends, trails in the woods, camping and of course paintball and high ropes adventure courses!

Pray for the boys and their counselors, if you would. They’ll appreciate it as they enjoy their week of fun!

For more information about Hidden Falls Camp click here: http://sacamp.org/about/

Arbor Day at The Salvation Army

In 2007, the children at The Salvation Army’s Child Care Connection received a dogwood tree and planted it in their playground.

This year it began to bloom it’s bright pink flowers just in time for Arbor Day. The children enjoy watching the tree throughout the seasons.

Inside, the staff have a framed mural with the legends of the Dogwood tree and the representations of Christ and the cross.

Either way, the dogwood tree at The Salvation Army is a lesson in Christian environmental stewardship and looking to the cross for strength and forgiveness.

Easter is a time for Celebration and, as it turns out, Generosity

 As we enter Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday, The Salvation Army has been the recipient of great generosity from public and private donors.

A local family dropped by The Salvation Army to donate 170 pounds of food including 10 Easter hams. Although this family won’t know the recipients of their generosity, they entrusted The Salvation Army to get the food and toiletries into the homes of those that truly have need.

Bob Evans Family Restaurant also partnered with the Bloomington Corps to provide complete Easter meals to deserving families.   

The Salvation Army and other area nonprofits also received an extra shipment of government commodity food which greatly helps to keep the shelves stocked as a part of the economic stimulus package. The Salvation Army received over 1,000 pounds of nonperishable food items.

Over 300 people a month come to The Salvation Army seeking assistance with food, but that’s not where we stop. William Booth founded The Salvation Army with the philosophy of “soup, soap and Salvation” and that’s just what The Bloomington Corps does. 

Easter Services at The Salvation Army are great family events, where children play in the gym and participate in worship and Sunday school. It’s also a time where you can celebrate with the broader Christian family the joyful news that Jesus is Risen, proclaiming victory over death for all who believe.

Easter Egg Hunt

2:30 pm on SATURDAY APRIL 11 in Ellettsville. Click above for more information.

Sunrise Service

8:00 am at 111 N. Rogers St. Bloomington IN 47404

Easter Breakfast

9:00 am at 111 N. Rogers St. Bloomington IN 47404

Worship Service

10:30 am at 111 N. Rogers St. Bloomington IN 47404

Bloomington Corps Announces Summer Day Camp Registration

The Salvation Army Summer Day Camp is more fun than ever.

If you thought VBS was cool last year, check out the fun events that we’ve got planned for Day Camp this year on our new Day Camp web page that gives you all the details. There’s also a registration form at the very top, so that you can print off multiple copies and give them to families you know that want their kids to experience fun all summer long.

 When children enroll at The Salvation Army they get:

• Daily lunch AND afternoon snack
• All field trips are free
• All supplies are free
• Quality Staff Supervision
• and 5 FREE days at Hidden Falls overnight Camp!

For more information contact Lt. Catherine Fitzgerald at (812) 336-4310 ext. 14