ADVISORY/The Salvation Army Celebrates Holiday Achievements; Charity Honors Volunteers, Businesses for Holiday Efforts.

News Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Friday, January 23

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The Salvation Army 

EVENT       The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia will host a
            "Thank You Reception" for its 2003 Hope for the Holidays
            Campaign. The Salvation Army will honor a number of
            volunteers and area businesses for their work during the
            campaign.

DATE, TIME,
LOCATION:   Friday, January 23, 2004
            3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
            Salvation Army Headquarters
            701 N. Broad Street (Broad and Fairmount Sts.)
            Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ATTENDEES:  Captains Jorge and Edelweiss Diaz, City Coordinators,
            Salvation Army

            Representatives from corporate sponsors and volunteers

ADDITIONAL
DETAILS:    "Hope for the Holidays" funds were raised through kettle
            collections, direct mail and other campaign activities.
            Monies collected allowed The Salvation Army to touch the
            lives of thousands of area residents.

            The Salvation Army was founded 139 years ago as a
            religious and social services organization.  Since that
            time, it has worked with people holistically, addressing
            their physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual
            needs.  The Salvation Army provides community support
            services, residential shelters, foster care, developmental
            disabilities programs, programs for the incarcerated and
            their families, child development centers, after school
            care, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, services for senior
            citizens, disaster response, and neighborhood corps
            community centers.