Salvation Army Appeal

[bainbrig]

There are probably good reasons why I shouldn't support the Salvation Army appeal, but I can't think of any.

Anyone here got any anti-Sally Army ideas?

BB

[hereIam]

No, I like the Sally Army.

[hc4361]

I'm a big fan of the SA

[Mamyalynne]

None that I know of, they do a great job in my area and no doubt elsewhere too.

[Buenchico]

I generally avoid giving to any charity with links to religion but I have been known to make an exception occasionally for the S.A.

[queencharlotte]

None. They are just wonderful people. The only ones who were kind to me as a child 70 years ago and I have never forgotten them for it and for teaching me right from wrong.

[bainbrig]

That's good to hear, thank you all very much.

[melv16]

They're the only religious charity that I give money to.
They're probably the only charity that will touch the untouchables.

[woofgang]

I donate to them too.

[hc4361]

melv, I have to disagree slightly with you.
I very much admire the SA and the fantastic work they do with the homeless but they don't take everyone under their wing.
In Birmingham another charity takes the men in that the Salvation Army won't - St Anne's Hostel that allows homeless men bring their dogs.

[maggiebee]

This is one charity I give to every year. They do great work throughout the year but especially at Christmas. No homeless person will go without a hot dinner on Christmas Day in Dundee.

[bookbinder]

The Salvation Army doesn't appear to have any political axes to grind, so that's why I give a donation whenever I see a SA collecting box.

[murraymints]

I was told by my granny "never walk past a salvation army tin" I never do and I always make a christmas donation in her memory

[goodgoalie]

I'm not religious, but I have a soft spot for the Salvation Army - they do great work. I used to live across the road from where the founder, William Booth, is buried. On his large badge-shaped tombstone nothing simple like 'died' or 'departed this life', and no euphemisms like 'passed away', 'fell asleep'. No, he was PROMOTED TO GLORY

[hereIam]

Good on that hostel hc.

[marval]

I think the Salvation Army do a lot of good work.

I used to work in their charity shop, sadly it has closed down now.

I would happily support them.

[Maydup]

Because you could support a non-religious charity instead?
Or you could support something close to your heart rather than something that dropped on the door mat?
You asked!

[bainbrig]

Yes Maydup, but I don’t give a hoot for their hymns, only their deeds, which seem compassionate.

[Tilly2]

I like the hymns. Good, rousing songs, most of them.

[Pyxis]

There is a Sally Army place near me, and when I first moved here, 30+ years ago, they always used to March down my road on a Sunday morning, with their band playing, and singing.

It only lasted a few minutes, and although I have no religion, I did like listening to them as they marched past.

However, a few years later, they stopped doing that, and it was apparently because of complaints about the noise. It wasn't all that early, either.
Jeez. :( :( :(

[bainbrig]

When we moved in here in 1980, Sunday mornings were a joyous riot of bell-ringing from the church, some half a mile away.

Now it is silent, except for the anti-social s0ds on the nearby allotment playing their radios at high volume. I take it that there were complaints here, too, about ‘The Noise’ from the bells. God help us.