Salvation Army

The Quincy Salvation Army will again serve a free community Christmas dinner. The event will be on Christmas day, Friday, December 25 from 11 to 12:30 p.m. This dinner will be held at the Kroc Center located at 495 Vermont Street.

The Salvation Army will serve a free Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Salvation Army Kroc Center located at 405 Vermont Street.

With the Christmas season upon us, The Salvation Army is once again looking for volunteers to ring bells at red kettle locations in Quincy, Hannibal, Palmyra, Canton, and Pittsfield.

The construction work for the Salvation Army's new Family Store is just about complete and now the process of stocking the store with goods is underway.  With that process comes a need for volunteers to assist them in doing so. So the plea for volunteers has gone out.

Recovery information continues to pour in today as the City of Quincy and surrounding area cleans up from the massive storm that struck the area Monday. In no particular order, here are some items you need to know in your own particular recovery effort.

Did you know that the Kroc Center in Quincy was built in under five minutes? OK, not really, but on YouTube it only took four minutes and forty-one seconds! YouTube user Jim Lawrence posted an awesome time-lapse video that shows the construction of the entire Kroc Center, from dirt patch in the ground to fully operational community center.

The final numbers are in and the Salvation Army has announced that over $524-thousand was raised between the Quincy and Hannibal in the 2014 Christmas Campaign.

The Salvation Army is in need of volunteers to help pack Christmas Baskets on Tuesday, December 16 at 8:00 a.m. Basket packing will take place this year at the old postal distribution center located just off Wismann Lane on 42nd Street. Just follow the signs. Volunteers may simply show up to help. No registration or confirmation is required.

I heard another request for people to help man the Salvation Army kettles in the area for this Christmas and it reminded me of what I wrote last year on this topic. So I started to write about this need again and after reviewing last year's writing I realize there isn't anything new I could add.  So instead of re-writing it, I thought I would just repost it. So here it is.

Shottenkirk Chevrolet & Shottenkirk Kia of Quincy has announced that the Bikes for Tikes Campaign will return for its 3rd year this December. In the course of the first two years, over 350 bicycles were repaired and recycled, and then distributed to area families in need through the Salvation Army’s Toy Town campaign.