National Salvation Army Week Update

It’s hard to imagine that last week was National Salvation Army Week, but we’ve pulled up some data that’s pretty interesting.

Sidewalk Sale
The kickoff event to the 2010 National Salvation Army Week was a great success. We offered unbeatable prices on boutique clothing, furniture and household items as a way to thank the community for their material, financial and spiritual donations. And the community showed up in force; three times more customers visited than what’s average.

Donut Day
It was a cold, rainy day this year, but so much the better for a nice, warm cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and a napkin full of freshly-prepared Munchkins. From The Salvation Army Emergency Services Vehicle, Advisory Board members and volunteers served 15 pots of coffee and an estimated 9 dozen Munchkins. Dunkin’ Donuts staff really did a great job and we are very appreciative.

Library Ribbon Cutting
See our recent story about the new library for children here.

Have a Donut. It’s on Us!

Every once in a while you deserve a donut, a free donut. And why would you eat a donut if you didn’t have any coffee. Yeah, we’ll have that too. We call it Donut Day.

In a partnership between Dunkin Donuts and The Salvation Army, we are thanking you, the community, for supporting the needy. It’s very simple. In one week, head into downtown Bloomington and look for the Dunkin Donuts store on Kirkwood Ave. just off the Sample Gates. Parked there will be a Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services vehicle, from which friendly volunteers will be offering delicious donuts and tasty coffee.

This fun, annual event is a part of our week of celebrations for National Salvation Army Week. For a list of the tasty, exciting and educational events here, visit National Salvation Army Week in Bloomington.  Or for a list of all the other great events throughout our fair state, visit National Salvation Army Week in Indiana.

National Salvation Army Week Falls Upon Bloomington

How does free coffee and donuts sound?

How about a sidewalk sale with rediculously low prices?

Sounds good to us too. That’s why those events and more are planned for National Salvation Army Week in Bloomington, May 11-17 this year. In fact you can find the schedule of events right here at The Salvation Army’s website: http://corps.salvationarmyindiana.org/bloomington/services/nsaw/.

National Salvation Army Week is one week that the Bloomington Corps specifically dedicates to thanking the community, patrons, volunteers and most of all God for the blessings we receive in order to facilitate ministries throughout Monroe County.