The Hope Brigade

11/26/2025

Two of our lovely (and relatable!) donors shared about their individual decisions to support The Salvation Army in creative ways that will have enduring effect.

08/02/2023

Hope Brigade member Wally has many skills and graciously shared one of them with me while we visited together this morning. What a gift to be a part of his and his late wife, true love and best friend, Georgia’s legacy.

03/16/2020

An update on The Salvation Army's congregate programs and services across Massachusetts

05/02/2019

On we ask you to join us to pray for everyone who is in need, struggling with poverty, hunger, and desperation. Today and everyday, we are reminded to extend our heart to God and our hand to man.

03/20/2019

"For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come..." Song of Solomon 2:11-12
Happy first day of Spring!

12/05/2018

What a pleasure to know this lovely lady for 17+ years. She has always been generous and kind and smart and independent and feisty... and today was honored by the mayor as the oldest resident in Fitchburg! The Salvation Army is blessed to have her faith in our mission to change lives.

01/02/2018

Honored to be a part of The Salvation Army formally receiving a very generous gift from the estate of Peg Tuitt's (pictured) father, Aubrey.

09/21/2017

It takes an Army to combat disaster. Be a part of the relief by donating to helpsalvationarmy.org:
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The Salvation Army is serving those in need throughout much of Florida and Texas. They are also serving many of the Caribbean islands including Puerto Rico, ...

06/22/2017

Former Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Peter Vesterbacka have been photographed in evocative, monochromatic ‘what if?’ portraits

05/18/2017

Visited our friends at the Planned Giving Group of New England. There was a special discussion on estate planning. The lecture was called "Cross-Border Estate Planning in U.S. Philanthropy." In the lecture guest speaker Ian Weinstock describes how "U.S. taxation of non-U.S. persons is different from taxation of U.S. persons."

01/04/2017

Rocco (pictured left) met The Salvation Army as a 19 year old on the front lines in WWII. As he remembers, his platoon rounded a group of rocks sure they would encounter the enemy and instead found a group of "Sallies" making donuts and coffee.

I met Rocco in his 70s, when he had made the decision to give back to The Salvation Army through our Charitable Gift Annuity program. In a lovely Christmas card he sent me this year, he reminded me he's now "closing in on 91 years young" and included this picture of himself shaking hands with our former Divisional Commander, Lt. Col. Fred Van Brunt at one of the events at our Camp Wonderland. "I miss those Sharon picnics," he says.

He wrote that "old soldiers never die, we just fade away", but the reality is that Rocco's legacy will survive vibrantly in the lives changed by his generous gifts.