Message from the Divisional Commander

Lt. Colonel Jamie Braund Lt. Colonel Ann Braund

The Salvation Army in British Columbia is looking forward to a new and bright future. Like many other organizations, the last two years have been difficult, challenging, and yet also helped us learn that we could adapt and innovate better than we had imagined.

Now that our services are almost all able to return to full capacity, we are looking forward to expanding our services to meet an ever-growing need across the province. We presently offer services in 60 communities in British Columbia, including shelters and addiction treatment, community feeding programs, long-term care and assisted living for seniors, spiritual care services, emergency disaster response, and many others. In this report, you will see some specific examples of the impact we have been able to make in communities for countless individuals and families.

I hope that you will take the time to read the exciting stories featured in this report so you can get a glimpse of what our employees and volunteers have been able to accomplish. I am so encouraged by the faithfulness of all our staff members. We are especially excited about our Nine Stories of Hope campaign helping us toward the construction of the new Vancouver Harbour Light facility on the Downtown Eastside.

The need for our services continues to grow as more and more people are affected by inflation, supply difficulties, pandemic losses, affordable housing shortage, opioid crisis, and many other challenges. We have partnered with other agencies and organizations to relieve some of the pressure felt by so many British Columbians. We are grateful for the support of all levels of government as well and hope to continue these positive partnerships.

We feel extremely blessed to be able to continue to make a transforming impact on the lives of people in this beautiful province and we know that this is possible because of so many generous supporters like you. We simply cannot thank you enough.

Lt. Colonel Jamie Braund Divisional Commander