Local Charity Donates 400 Roller Bags to The Salvation Army
The partnership emerged from Wheels of Faith Foundation's mission to provide practical solutions for individuals experiencing homelessness, starting with a single act of kindness in Langley.
"This is the biggest, most blessed thing that could be happening with Wheels of Faith, with The Salvation Army," says Darla Knight, President and Founder of the Wheels of Faith Foundation. "Their reputation is amazing for helping people ... Couldn't have found a better partnership, for sure."
"These duffel bags will definitely assist with the move, going from one particular phase of their unhoused situation to the next phase … It provides our community members with dignity and practical support during their transition journey," shared Alvin Chong, Director of Community Development for The Salvation Army Belkin Communities of Hope.
For more information about the Wheels of Faith Foundation, visit wheelsoffaith.net
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The Salvation Army is an international Christian organization that began its work in Canada in 1882 and has grown to become the largest non-governmental direct provider of social services in the country.
The Salvation Army gives hope and support to vulnerable people today and every day in 400 communities across Canada and more than 130 countries around the world.
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Forty years ago — on July 13, 1985 — Live Aid rocked the world to raise funds for millions of starving people in Ethiopia. And a Manitoban helped make it happen. That Manitoban was William Rew. He was the pilot who flew a BBC film crew into what was considered the epicentre of the famine in the fall of 1984 so they could provide the world with its first view of the terrible suffering unfolding in that country. It was that coverage which led to Live Aid. At the time, Rew was on a voluntary year's leave as a pilot from Air Canada, which had a surplus of pilots at the time. Rew, who had always wanted to spend time in Africa, took the offer and signed up with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), an international Christian organization that provides aviation and communication services for remote communities in the Global South. SUPPLIED William and Leona Rew 'MAF needed pilots to help with flying relief supplies in Ethiopia,' said Rew, 72, who grew up in a devout Plymouth Brethren family. 'They had four criteria for pilots: We had to give a year, be single, have experience on de Havilland Canada Twin Otter aircraft and be a person of faith. I checked all the boxes.' Rew went to Ethiopia in the fall of 1983 with MAF to fly food to starving people in remote parts of the country. 'It was difficult flying,' he said of how he made five or six trips a day to isolated communities with only grass or dirt landing strips. 'The airplanes took a real pounding.' The BBC trip came near the end of his year there. Together with co-pilot Keith Ketchum, another Canadian, they flew the reporting crew to Korem in the northern part of Ethiopia on Oct. 19, 1984. 'It was just another day at work in Ethiopia,' Rew said, adding he had never been to Korem, as it was too dangerous — it was in the heart of the nation's civil war. 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