Bloomington Salvation Army to open emergency assistance office

Posted on April 20, 2016
Salvation Army
The Bloomington Salvation Army will officially open its emergency assistance building at 611 W. Washington St. on April 27. (Photo courtesy Salvation Army)

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – The local Bloomington’s Salvation Army will soon have a bigger space for its food pantry.

Development Director Angie Fulton told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin the Salvation Army is holding a grand opening for the facility which replaces the former Community Center at 611 W. Washington St.

“It will be our new emergency assistance office, but mainly the building is going to be a food pantry,” Fulton said.

Fulton said the public is asked to donate canned goods for the pantry’s grand opening on April 27 at 10 a.m.

Fulton said the new office and food storage facility with a walk-in freezer will also allow for more space at its homeless shelter at its adjoining building. She added the $800,000 facility was paid for by a private donation.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…