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| Jimmy Wayne amongst Majors Barbara in addition to Jonathan Rich |
The Salvation Army’s 2016 Annual Doing The Most Good Luncheon was held on Thursday, Nov 17 inwards the Chantilly Ballroom at the Hilton Anatole Hotel inwards Dallas. Jimmy Wayne is an accomplished recording artist, keynote speaker in addition to three-time New York Times bestselling writer (Walk To Beautiful, Paper Angels) whose life’s mission is raising awareness for at-risk youth inwards foster care. In his keynote, Jimmy shared difficulties he faced growing up, which made for a complicated childhood. His manful individual nurture abandoned the family. His woman nurture was sent to prison. His stepfather tried to murder him. As a teen, he was homeless, living on the street earlier existence taken inwards past times foster parents who helped alter his life. He every bit good spoke virtually the assist he received from The Salvation Army. “The Salvation Army provided nutrient in addition to wearing clothing to my mom, sis in addition to me when I was nine years old. They provided me my commencement guitar through the angel tree programme when I was fourteen years old,” said Jimmy. “I vowed when I ‘made it’ I would laissez passer on dorsum to the Salvation Army. The commencement vocal I wrote when I received my commencement tape bargain was ‘Paper Angels’ – a vocal virtually the Angel Tree program. I wrote virtually the Salvation Army inwards my mass Walk To Beautiful.”
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This year’s luncheon chair, Mary Clare Finney said, “The Salvation Army has helped thousands of needy members of our community through their most challenging times. It has provided shelter in addition to nutrient for the homeless, supported families inwards distress inwards their efforts to give-up the ghost dorsum on their feet, in addition to helped shape the futures of many disadvantaged children in addition to youth.” The Salvation Army provides to a greater extent than than lxx dissimilar programs in addition to services inwards Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton in addition to Ellis Counties. They include nutrient for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, apartments for senior citizens in addition to veterans, drug in addition to alcohol addiction recovery, youth programs in addition to fiscal assistance. This yr alone, The Salvation Army served nearly a meg meals costing to a greater extent than than $2 meg at its centers inwards the DFW Metroplex. The organization every bit good provided 42,071 bags of groceries to assist struggling individuals in addition to families, shelter for 6,836 men, women in addition to children, in addition to nitty-gritty abuse rehabilitation for 4,443 individuals. In addition, it gave Christmas assistance to 16,373 families in addition to 51,918 individuals. For to a greater extent than information, view salvationarmydfw.org.
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