Salvation Army

I was removed from United States,back to my home Country ,Canada. My mother had taken me to United States when I was 8 years-old. I was removed when I was 48. I won't give in to the personal problems that caused my removal but I will say that when I arrived in Canada I had nowhere to go and didn't know anybody I spent nine days on the streets walk in the rain all night and cold because I arrived on January 15th on the 24th I have called The Salvation Army Richmond house, in Richmond , British Columbia. and itold them that I had a job but I needed aplace to stay, and that they were located close to where I found a job. The gentleman in charge told me to come in at 1 and I said I would like to but I cannot I have to go to the food bank and I will come there as soon as I could after that. They're policy is to help someone for 30 days they let me stay there three months until I got on my feet. So I've read the reviews on here . I felt compelled to post this review. Now I'm sure the other reviews I likely accurate and nobody is perfect but I am a true witness that they do help people. Furthermore when I was in Immigration awaiting my removal from the United States I had tried to help some of the Mexican gentleman that were in that system as well and I had run across a certain Mexican gentleman that like me had a wife and kids, although I was from South Carolina and he was from Florida. I I started working in the law library at the Immigration Center in Lumpkin Georgia because all the paperwork filed with the courts had to be called in English and most of these gentlemen could barely speak English, let alone know how to write it. While I was looking for this gentleman's paperwork I noticed that the Salvation was involved with handling his probation in Jacksonville Florida. So i know for a fact that there is a great involvement ,with communities by the Salvation Army. I realize they may have made mistakes by failing to be clear about what items they're willing to accept or not, but there is no mistaking, that they do help people. I am a witness on the two instances, that i have mentioned. Moreover I would have given them a 5-star rating had it not been for the other negative reviews .Thank you for reading my review. PS I'm going to look into the Salvation Army service of reuniting families I would like to bring my kids to Canada I raised them most of their life their ages are 18, 16, 15 and 9. Had I had the money to hire a lawyer I would have been able to stay in the US oh, but it did not work out I couldn't stay in that Center any longer I had to get up and try to help my children. God bless the Salvation Army, I will never forget what you've done for me. Richard platko

I have experience some really pleasant people at the Salvation Army stores, but organisation change woker so fast nowdays you never know who's in the store to help with a questions. Today I check on line to see who was open near me because of covid19 i no alot as change so i drive to the store see a lady walking around a clock on the window said 12:15 so we all stood outside however we miss the sign they was not open until WEDNESDAY after we stood outside for 40 min. The worker whom saw us wating could have told us they was closed how rude. It cost nothing to show kindness

I have donated many times to this service. I have even volunteered in some of their stores. I have seen the good they can do. My only complaint was I wish they would do a spot check on all it companies. Some of the things they offer people should not be given out.

The salvation army is great. I have partnered with them before for the charities. I have also shopped at their stores. Their prices are kind of high but they are reasonable compared to others. They offer great services to people in need.

A very worthy cause but I find less transparency overall than other charities I work with. Would like to see more transparency and more care for those seeking help from this charity.

The Salvation Army is a wonderful place to give donations to and they are put to good use. They have locations all over the country and are super helpful to locals in need.

My family and I always donate to the Salvation Army around Christmas and the helpers have always been kind and I know that my things are being put to good use

Bought a used recliner from here and it was a great buy. The price was a little high for being used, but still a great find.

This is another organization that I feel is very well run. The stores vary in cleanliness but have great prices.

Salvation Army is amazing at giving used items and clothes second chances to others who are in need.

Very clean store. Organized and neat. Great prices. They alway have a lot on sale.

Huge inventory and good quality items. Clean and trustworthy

Good place to shop love the prices and half off fridays