By the numbers

The numbers below give you an idea of what kind of year the Salvation Army Community Centre had in 2008.

Our 2007 stats

• 6638 beds used
• 67,417 meals served
• 4,055 breakfasts served to high school students
• 3,533 women and children provided with emergency after hours assistance
• 1141 hotel rooms used to provide emergency shelter for women and children
• 228 emergency infant needs provided for
• 4205 Christmas hampers given out
• 2222 people given free clothing
• 219 emergency food hampers distributed
• 70 inner city kids sent to camp
• 113 Family Tracing cases handled

What we did in 2008

• 84,725 meals served
• 17,553 beds provided
• 5458 adults and children provided with emergency after hours assistance.
• 122 emergency food hampers provided
• 2509 hotel rooms used to provide emergency shelter for women and children with 8278 meals provided
• 203 emergency infant needs provided for
• 2 fires where our help was requested to provide coffee, beverages, and sandwiches
• 230 bus tickets arranged for
• 1131 taxies provided
• 104 Family Tracing cases
• 4223 people given free clothing

It's been quite a year and we want to thank our the Government of Saskatchewan for continued funding, the support of thousands of people making donations at the Centre, via the Christmas kettles, and the Red Shield appeal, and all of the other NGO's in the city that we work with on a daily basis to make Saskatoon a better place to live for people in need.