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Partnerships

Working Together

by Jim Knaggs on February 26, 2010


Part of the obligation of the believer is to be able to work with others. The ill understood luxury to require others to comply with your plan or your perspective is immature and limited.
Our energy should be given in finding better ways to come to agreement. Rarely in Christian conflict are the issues moral or [...]

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Photos courtesy of The West Australian
Local residents have seen their dreams go up in smoke after the raging bushfire tore through 37 homes in the outskirts of the rural town 80 kilometres east of Perth. The Salvos’ emergency response and recovery teams have been active in assisting families and individuals impacted severely by the bushfire [...]

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Kmart Wishing Tree

by Jim Knaggs on December 17, 2009


Each Christmas season we partner with Kmart with their wishing tree programme. Australians donate toys at the Kmart stores to be given to needy children for Christmas. Meeting with executives from Kmart today was a particular pleasure as we walked through one of our distribution centres and cherished the obvious appreciation of parents who came [...]

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Government Relations

by Jim Knaggs on December 11, 2009


One of our largest partners in serving people is the government. We do so with great confidence in them and gratitude for government leaders who value the lives of people. As their interest in helping people continues, so does our intention to work together.
Today I want to salute those government employees and elected officials who [...]

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Corporate Support

by Jim Knaggs on December 9, 2009


The avenues of corporate support for TSA are multi-dimensional. In addition to outright financial gifts, there are gifts-in-kind. We saw this repeatedly throughout the Victorian Bushfire Relief effort. Companies of all types and from all over Australia were quick to offer both types of gifts.
There are those who offer volunteers to support our cause. Ford [...]

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Fair Trade

by Jim Knaggs on November 10, 2009


The social justice of Fair Trade products is significant. We have taken a position to offer F/T coffee in the territory and may soon launch another project to promote the Fair Trade business. When we support F/T labourers are being treated fairly as it relates to compensation from start to finish of the product. Look [...]

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