ADVISORY/'First In, Last Out' - Salvation Army Disaster Relief Efforts.

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ADVISORY...

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WHAT:           Yesterday, following the air disaster in the Rockaways
                section of New York City, Salvation Army grief
                counselors and volunteers were immediately on the
                scene providing meals to rescue workers and counseling
                to the friends and family members of the victims.

                Today, a team of Salvation Army officers began
                assisting at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan by
                providing Spanish-speaking translators to assist with
                missing person forms while on-site counselors
                continued to prayer with family members and provide
                grief and trauma counseling.

                In less than an hour following the World Trade Center
                and Pentagon disasters, Salvation Army emergency
                support teams were on site providing food, shelter,
                supplies and grief counseling to victims and rescue
                personnel. They continue to be there today providing
                counseling, food and financial assistance to families
                for rent/mortgage, utilities, food and insurance
                costs.

                The Salvation Army is providing a full range of social
                services to families affected by the disaster at the
                Family Service Center and the Family Assistance Center
                in New York.

                The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia has
                deployed six emergency canteens, more than 80
                officers, nearly 600 volunteers, and teams of
                specially-trained grief and trauma counselors to the
                World Trade Center disaster site since September 11th.

WHO:            Major Hugh Steele of The Salvation Army of Greater
                Philadelphia and other Salvation Army officers can
                provide first-hand accounts of how The Salvation Army
                of Greater Philadelphia continues to remain active in
                the disaster relief efforts.

WHEN:           Major Steele and other Salvation Army officers are
                available for immediate interviews.

BACKGROUND:     The Salvation Army was founded 135 years ago as a
                religious and social services organization. Since that
                time, the organization has taken a holistic approach
                to working with people, addressing their physical,
                emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs. The
                Salvation Army provides community supportive services,
                residential shelters, foster care, developmental
                disabilities programs, correctional services programs,
                child development centers, after-school care and Corps
                Community Centers.