Starting as The Christian Mission in the East End of London, England, in 1865, The Salvation Army has been running for 140 years. William Booth, one man, a Methodist minister, started the foundation with his philosophy that there is little point preaching 'salvation' to hungry people. And so the concept of 'soup and salvation' took hold and the rest is history.

Working in a Salvation Army Detox Centre, Lorraine had the opportunity to see first hand people suffering, homeless, sick and afraid. The work that the folks at the Salvation Army do is incredible and their motto: “Heart to God, Hand to man,” is very powerful and taken to heart by all that work there.

At the Salvation Army Christmas kick-off luncheon a few weeks ago, we learned that the community in which we have a wonderful life, Nanaimo, BC, has the highest rate of poverty in the province of British Columbia. It’s time for all of us to step, wouldn’t you agree?

The Salvation Army’s mission statement is:

Heart to God, Hand to Man

Olive Juice Forever’s mission statement is:

Love is the answer

You may purchase the books through our website: http://olivejuiceforever.com/pages/books/ or by phone, 250.760.0994. Please leave your name, credit card number and whether it is a Visa or MC. The expiry and the shipping address. Books are $19.95 + Gst and shipping. Once we copy your information, your phone message will be deleted.

If you purchase more than 1, you will only be billed a flat rate $5 shipping whether you buy 1 book or 10 books.

For those of you in the Nanaimo area, we will be ringing the red kettle at Thrify Foods, Longwood, this evening (Tuesday) between 6 and 9pm. Please stop by, make your donation and pick up the copies of your book.

Please give.

Lorraine and Shawn

We are committed to a campaign asking our friends and family to forward this request to their databases, with a note from you, and promote the cause that we will sell 20,000 books before Christmas Eve, and donating $5.00 from each book, we will hand the Salvation Army a check for $100,000.00.