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Parents escaping war or facing poverty can find gifts for their children at a unique toy store run by the Salvation Army in Greater Victoria.
The Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy will be preforming its annual Christmas Concert in Victoria in support of the Salvation Army’s holiday toy drive.
Salvation Army representatives and MLAs gathered on the back steps of the B.C. legislature Thursday, ringing bells, for the official launch of the annual Christmas Kettle Campaign.
VICTORIA -- Sean Rankin oversees the preparation of 15,000 meals per month at the Salvation Army in downtown Victoria. On Monday, he was helping to completely rip out its kitchen. “We are getting all brand-new equipment,” said Rankin, food service director at the Salvation Army. It’s a renovation valued at $1.1-million, but because non-profit group HeroWork has stepped in, that cost has been drastically reduced by up to 50 per cent. “When we first partner with a charity they pay us a percentage of fair-market value,“ said Trevor Botkin, executive director of HeroWork Victori...