Archive for February, 2010
Salvation Army board member Craig Arnold(center) works at The Salvation Army's headquarters in Port-au-Prince with Salvation Army personnel Major George Polarek (left) and Bob Poff, Director of Disaster Services for Haiti (right).
San Francisco board member, Craig Arnold, sales director for the UPS’ northern California region, has been working day and night at the Salvation Army’s command center serving as a logistic coordinator and driver in Haiti.
Ever since the disaster struck Haiti, Craig has been using his vacation time to serve, seeing firsthand the havoc and suffering in Port-au-Prince. According to an interview he did for the UPS blog, Craig says much of his time is spent traveling the precarious roads to and from the Port-au-Prince airport in order to retrieve emergency shipments, relief workers, and medical teams. He has also been integral in helping with operations around The Salvation Army compound, including assisting with the massive feedings that have served more than 24,000 meal kits to Haitians.
UPS provided invaluable help with the Salvation Army in coordinating flights and shipping more than 80,000 pounds of food and water to Haiti through the Dominican Republic. They’ve been a significant resource in getting our major emergency supply shipments out of our storage warehouse in Miami to on the ground where help is needed most.
More than 700 officers and staff permanently stationed in Haiti are responding to the needs of the people there. Dozens of Salvation Army disaster response workers and medical teams from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and other countries have been sent to Haiti and are administering aid. Assessment teams have been in the country since Friday, January 15, planning a long-term response to help people rebuild their homes and lives.
USA Today featured a story about Craig in their Sunday (Jan. 24) paper, quoting him on his most recent visit to the Haiti as ” a life-changing experience,” and describing his amazement how Haitians’ “spirit has still been strong, how they don’t give up and how they are still helping each other.”
Thank you, Craig, for your personal involvement in helping to alleviate the needs of Haiti and your unique service to The Salvation Army!
Laura Bush, new member of the National Advisory Board (center) with National Commander Commissioner Israel Gaither (left) and National Advisory Board Chairman Rob Pace (right)
Rob Pace chairman of The Salvation Army’s National Advisory Board welcomed Laura Bush as a new member of the board during the plenary session at the January meeting held in San Antonio. Mrs. Bush has been a long standing supporter of The Salvation Army’s charitable works, including serving as a keynote speaker during the Army’s 2007 National Advisory Organizations Conference in Dallas, attended by more than 2,000 organizational volunteers, staff and officers.
As with all new members to the NAB, Mrs. Bush, participated in a new member orientation session, conducted by National Commander Commissioner Israel Gaither, NAB Chairman Rob Pace, National Chief Secretary Colonel David Jeffrey, and Major George Hood, National Community Relations and Development Secretary.
The new member orientation included a discussion of the mission of the Army, a brief history of The Salvation Army, its organizational structure, the NAB’s mission, responsibilities and operating plan, and the role of committees. The discussion was augmented by a PowerPoint presentation. Mrs. Bush asked each of the officers to share their personal story about their call to ministry to The Salvation Army
At the conclusion of the orientation session, the National Commander escorted Mrs. Bush to the various committee meetings, which were in session. After visiting the committees, new members to the NAB can decide which committee they would like to serve.
The National Advisory Board and local advisory boards are absolutely essential in the work and acceptance of The Salvation Army in the communities in which they serve. These boards are imperative to the work, progress and life of The Salvation Army. The wisdom of involving key, influential leaders of the community in the work of the Army is obvious, and proved itself many times over.
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