Salvation Army launches campaign to find new Carson City home
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 03/26/2018 - 12:31pm
The Salvation Army serving Carson City and Douglas County has begun the second phase of its capital campaign to raise $1.2 million needed to move from its Colorado Street location in Carson City to a bigger place.
The current location has served the charity well, but it has become too small for the work the organization is doing, officials said.
“We have reached a point that we are overcrowded and cannot continue to accommodate the volume of services we are providing,” said Captain Mark Cyr, the local leader of The Salvation Army. “We hope to find a building in the 10,000 to 12,000 square foot range which will be adequate for our current and future needs.”
The Carson City and Douglas County Salvation Army has a broad-based program that serves an average of more than 250 people per day. Among the programs are: Morning latchkey for children at 4 schools, the “Dream Big” after school program, Family Services, which assists an average of 12 families per day with a variety of emergency needs such as food, clothing, rent, utilities, etc. and a full church program primarily geared towards the segment of our community that The Salvation Army serves.
An independent study, commissioned by The Salvation Army, recently completed a thorough community needs assessment based on interviewing local government officials, social service directors, religious organizations and business leaders. This study indicated a desperate need for The Salvation Army to expand its programs to help the poor in our community.
“I support the mission of The Salvation Army which is to be there to help everyone who is at their time of need," said Campaign Chair Larry Goodnight. "They help with food, shelter, utilities, Emergency Disaster Services and child care and are always ready to provide spiritual and emotion care.
“It’s our duty as a community to help those in need and supporting The Salvation Army is one of the most responsible ways to fulfill that duty.”
The first phase of the campaign, what the organization called the soft capital campaign, was organizing local leaders and businesses, and planning the campaign. This started spring of 2017 and received a little more than $300,000 in pledges and donations.
“It’s been exciting to receive that kind of support when we really haven’t started to 'ask' for money until now,” Cyr said.
The Salvation Army now needs to raise $1.2 million more to complete the second phase of the project which will include selling their current building, purchasing a new building and streamlining that new building to fit the needs of the organization.
“We thank you for the support many of you have given and are going to give,” Cyr said.
For more information call Captain Mark Cyr or Larry Goodnight at 775-887-9120.
In January of this year the Salvation Army Reno Corps opened its doors to its new 18,000 square-feet Family Store at 3320 Research Way in Carson City. The store is operated separately from Carson City and Douglas County's Salvation Army operation.
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