As wildfires, mudslides, volcanoes, and hurricanes uprooted families and devastated communities, we provided both emergency response and long-term recovery assistance via:

• Total combined relief services to nearly 800,000 people
• Emotional and spiritual care support to 46,140 people
• Continued restoration of areas impacted by the catastrophic 2017 hurricane season

On the front lines of our country’s immigration crisis, we worked with local governments to meet basic human needs through:

• Emotional and spiritual care for the suffering, regardless of nationality
• Distribution of more than 200,000 prepared meals to migrant families
• Provision of more than 50,000 nights of emergency shelters and access to shower units for the indefinitely displaced

Through the support of valued corporate partners, we implemented:

• The addition of a 10,000-square-foot recreational camp facility in Big Bear, California
• An overhaul of the Houston, Texas, family emergency housing program
• A major blow to systemic homelessness in Charlotte, North Carolina

For the thousands facing the daily realities of hunger, homelessness, and hopelessness across our communities, we met physical and emotional needs with:

• Holiday assistance for 2,640,047 people
• Day-care services for 32,389 families
• Transportation help for 1,256,221 people

Leading the battle to end systemic poverty nationwide, our Pathway of Hope program:

• Addresses the root causes of poverty using evidence-based interviews
• Has implemented hundreds of new programs to actively break the poverty cycle nationwide
• Provides more than 260 services, including adult education, job training, and child-care centers

Read letters from our National Commander and National Advisory Board Chairman detailing The Salvation Army’s:

• Innovative services and tactics
• 2018 victories
• Vision for the future