The Salvation Army uses its partnership with the United Way to provide a variety of services in the community. The United Way supports the Salvation Army with money to assist in those services says United Way of Crookston Executive Director Lori Wagner. “We support the Salvation Army with money for Angel Tree at Christmas time and holiday food services at Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas,” said Wagner. “Throughout the year they also provide emergency transportation, lodging, meals, gas cards, rent requests, bus tickets and a lot of other different needs.”
The Salvation Army provides for basic necessities in emergencies, assistance with disaster relief, missing person services, sponsor youth and family camps during the summer, and deliver gifts to shut-ins in the nursing homes.
his past fall the Salvation Army partnered with Crookston Rotary, Catholic Daughters Court Bishop Schenk #2010, Crookston Pirate Girls Soccer, Highland Elementary, Polk County Social Service and Polk County Health to provide school backpacks and supplies to the elementary students. Of course, the Salvation Army is perhaps most recognized during their Christmas Kettle drive to raise funding for the services they provide.
