REMINDER/The Salvation Army Lends a Helping Hand to Arbor Day 2001 Tree Planting Event; Volunteers Work With Community Partners to Beautify University City.

Assignment/News Editors

REMINDER...for Saturday (March 24)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

EVENT:      The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia employees and
            volunteers will join more than 30 community organizations,
            students, business owners, and residents in University
            City's Arbor Day 2001 tree planting event.

            Volunteers will plant more than 100 trees on Walnut Street
            from 43rd to 48th streets.

            Salvation Army volunteers include residents of F.A.I.T.H
            House, a transitional housing facility for 29 women and 15
            families in West Philadelphia, and students of Soup's On!,
            a culinary training program for residents of Army shelters
            and transitional living programs.

DATE/TIME:  Saturday, March 24, 2001
            10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

PLACE:      Walnut St. from 43rd to 48th Streets
            Philadelphia, PA

ATTENDEES:  Jane Silverman, Director of F.A.I.T.H. House, The
              Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia
            Salvation Army employees, residents, and program students

ADDITIONAL
DETAILS:    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.

ON-SITE
CONTACT:    Jane Silverman