Beginning Monday, Aug. 16 and running through Saturday, Aug. 28, La Causa’s Crisis Nursery & Respite Center will host a donation drive for children in need.
Truly unique to Milwaukee, the Crisis Nursery and Respite Center is a 24- hour free emergency shelter for children during times of family crisis. It is designed to prevent abuse and neglect, provide a safe haven for innocent children, and offer resources to parents who have little support. By acting as a last line of defense for children in vulnerable, often dangerous, situations, the Crisis …

Local pantries struggle to keep up with demand for emergency food.
After record breaking rainfall flooded many areas of the city, United Way of Greater Milwaukee announced it will award $50,000 in funding to Hunger Task Force to help assure disaster victims get emergency food. Funding will help assure the network of food pantries, shelters and meal programs hardest hit by the storm are fully stocked.
Programs that will benefit from the donation include the Jewish Community Center and the All Saints Catholic Church Food Pantry which sustained complete flood damage.
The Hmong …

Luscious Boutique, a store that specifically caters to women with curves, is giving back to the community in a generous way. The Boutique, located at 522 N. Water, is a collection site for the Cinderella Project MKE until April 2. The Cinderella Project MKE is a national project brought to Milwaukee by the Gadzuric Foundation. The Gadzuric Foundation teamed up with Luscious Boutique to become one of the collection sites. The Cinderella Project MKE encourages people to donate formal dresses, gowns and accessories to collection sites all over Milwaukee, as …

Man who survives 28 days in rubble brought to Salvation Army clinic for help
Salvation Army personnel provided initial triage to the latest survivor of the Haitian earthquake. Evan Ocinia, a 28 year old man, was brought to The Army’s clinic in the Delmas 2 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince after being miraculously pulled from the rubble in the Lionshead marketplace on the morning of February 8th — 28 days after the earthquake that destroyed nearly the entire country. Two men digging thorough the rubble heard Evans calling out to them. They pulled …

The coastal community of Petit Goave (Little Gulf) on the north coast of the Haiti peninsular will be the next community to benefit from Salvation Army Earthquake relief efforts.
Major Emmanuel Michaud and Captain Serge Lainne, Haitian born Salvation Army Officers serving in Chicago, IL and Miami, FL respectively did an assessment yesterday to determine the post Earthquake circumstances of this community where a Salvation Army Corps and School is presently located.
In describing what he saw in Petit Goave Major Michaud said, “Getting there will be ragged and rugged because the …

The Salvation Army is in the midst of its largest International relief effort since the Tsunami in 2005.
More than 700 officers and staff permanently stationed in Haiti are responding to the needs of the people there.
Dozens of Salvation Army disaster response workers and medical teams from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and other countries have been sent to Haiti and are administering aid.
The Salvation Army has established a supply line from south Florida to Port au Prince to deliver aid and supplies to its disaster response teams, including more than …

The Salvation Army is mobilizing resources and personnel to assist with the international relief effort in Haiti following a severe earthquake Tuesday that damaged much of the country’s infrastructure, housing and commercial buildings.
The Salvation Army has had a presence in Haiti since 1950 and currently operates schools, clinics, a hospital, feeding programs, children’s homes and church-related activities spread across two major facilities in Port au Prince, close to the epicenter of the earthquake and at other locations in the country.
One of the facilities, or compounds as it is referred to, …