A Common Thread Running Through All We Do Our Promise to You

Greater Birmingham Area Command John and Karen Carter, Majors 2100 11th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35234 (205) 328-2420 Social Services John Stamps, Director 2130 11th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35234 (205) 328-5656 Youth Services Debra F. Lilly, Director 6001 Crestwood Boulevard Birmingham, AL 35212 (205) 595-1983 Adult Rehabilitation Center Erik and Carol Nickell, Captains 1401 F.L. Shuttlesworth Drive Birmingham, AL 35234 (205) 252-8151 www.sabhamarc.org Alabaster Corps Community Center Jack and Lois Vaughan, Majors 108 Plaza Circle, Suite E Alabaster, AL 35007 (205) 663-7105 Bessemer Corps Community Center Brian and Shannon Tompkins, Captains 525 13th Street Bessemer, AL 35020 (205) 425-4303 Birmingham 614 Corps Community Center Matt and Cathy Riley, Majors 2410 8th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 252-6616 For Pickups – Call 205.252.8151 www.BirminghamSalvationArmy.org A Common Thread Running Through All We Do Our Promise to You I am doing the most good. I am hope. I am compassion. I am strength. I am faith. I am doing the most good. I serve a community. A region. A nation. A world. I serve heroes. I serve victims. I serve a sovereign God. I am doing the most good. I am an army Drafted by a Creator. Commissioned by a man who defied death. My enemies are despair and destruction. My ammunition is grace and mercy. My allies are generosity and benevolence. I am an Army. Helping others be all they can be. I am doing the most good. I feed empty stomachs and hungry souls. I rebuild ruined homes and shattered lives. I am a willing listener for a veteran with stories to tell. I am bottled water and an encouraging smile for a weary firefighter. I am an answered prayer. A silver lining. A second chance. I am doing the most good. am a humble steward of other people’s generosity. I am a grateful courier of a stranger’s kindness. I am a faithful executor of another’s goodwill. I take my responsibility seriously. I am blessed. I am a blessing. I am The Salvation Army. Doing the most good requires commitment. I am doing the most good. Dear Friends A single strand of thread may seem small and weak, but join them together and they can make things much stronger. Strands that bind together can build bridges, create symbols of freedom, and even make warm blankets for those in the cold. Each act of kindness, each step forward in a Salvation Army program is like adding a single strand to someone’s life. It makes them stronger. So much stronger, that they can get back on their feet and make it through their crisis. The Salvation Army in Birmingham offers 22 programs 365 days a year. We meet over hundreds of thousands of needs each year. The Salvation Army serves 110 countries and has 9,000 centers of operation in the U.S. alone. As Chairman of The Birmingham Salvation Army Advisory Board, I want to say thank you. We appreciate the support of your time, talent, resources, and financial assistance. Thank you for making a difference in Birmingham. Sincerely, making a difference Mr. Kenneth G. Robinson, II Advisory Board Chairman ARC Stats are as follows Individuals Served 963 Nights Lodging 19,627 Spiritual Commitments 1077 Chris Christopher Hoytte sums up his early life quite candidly. “I started drinking before I could even spell ‘beer’,” he says. “And I almost drank my life away.” The U.S. Army veteran served in the 7th Air Defense Artillery in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. A series of misdeeds eventually landed him in the high-security federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. After serving his time, it would have been easy for him to slip back into the liquid life. Instead, he found his way to The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center. “The biggest thing they did for me was to provide me with comfort,” he says. The Salvation Army also gave him a job, shelter – and hope. Today he’s a sober, productive working man. But he knows he could not have survived on his own. He’ll be the first to tell you his life is no longer in his hands. It’s in God’s weaving a stronger life hands. “Before my feet hit the floor each day, I talk to the Lord,” he says. “When you wake up with God, He’ll carry you through the day.” Best of all, Christopher knows he has a future. “I’m tearing off my rearview mirrors,” he says. “I’m moving forward.” Social Services Nights Lodging – 56,607 Meals Provided – 137,422 Individuals served – 7,217 Pammy Pammy Calkins has quite a résumé. She’s been a volunteer fire fighter, race car driver, machinist, heavy-equipment operator and more. While she can build engines, she really enjoys building lives. A couple of years ago, Pammy was faced with having to rebuild her own life after a job layoff left her destitute. Frightened and alone, she left her future in God’s hands. Pammy found her way to The Salvation Army Women’s Shelter, where she found a job and a place to live. Today she works in maintenance for The Salvation Army, “doing a little of everything,” as she puts it. But she spends much of her time helping others. She enjoys visiting nursing home residents and encouraging others who need compassion. The experience has strengthened her faith stitch by stitch while helping her discover her calling. She says working in a Christian organization like The Salvation Army is a blessing because it has helped her learn tolerance. “There’s good in everybody,” she says. “But sometimes you gotta dig deep for it.” Pammy feels especially blessed when she witnesses to other women about God’s love. “I really feel like I’m making a difference when I can tell people they’re in a place of Salvation.” Community Services Individuals Services – 5,200 Items Distributed – 41,600 The Gray Family Chandra Gray has always had a tough time. Growing up poor, she didn’t have much of a family life. But that hasn’t stopped her from raising four amazing children. As a single mom, she faces challenges that would send most people over the edge. When a serious car accident almost three years ago left her in a wheelchair for several months, she panicked. Who would take care of her kids? How could she keep them off the streets and in school? That’s when she discovered The Salvation Army Bessemer Corps Community Center. With their mom incapacitated, Andre, DiJon, Eugene and Tonita Gray found a home away from home. Captain Brian Tompkins, the Corps Officer, took a special interest in the Gray children, making sure they always had something good to eat and plenty of activities, structure and guidance. When Chandra got back on her feet, she began joining her children at Salvation Army events. While she has her hands full with raising four kids, Chandra feels good about her family’s future. This spring, her oldest child Andre became the first male in his entire family to graduate from high tightly knit school. Chandra knows this could not have happened without The Salvation Army’s help. “I have no words to express how much their support means to our family,” she says. “My kids mean the world to me. And today, so does The Salvation Army.” Christmas Programs Angel Tree Families – 2,500 Total Recipients – 5,200 Meeting 18-year-old Jason today, you’d think he’d always been upbeat and self- assured. You’d never know that not so long ago, he was rebellious, negative and confused. When he was 11, his mother found she could no longer care for Jason, his five brothers and his sister. So the family was split up. The Salvation Army Crestwood Youth Services took Jason in and saw him through some difficult times. The middle school years were particularly tough for him. He was “acting out,” as he says – skipping school, not listening to his teachers. “I disrespected authority because I resented being taken away from my mom,” he says. “I couldn’t take criticism, and being told how to do things just didn’t sit well with me.” But he eventually saw the light. The Salvation Army staff showed Jason how to deal with his feelings. They also helped him learn to see the good in people and guided him to develop a strength of character that would see him into adulthood. After high school, Jason plans to major in psychology at college. He hopes to become a psychologist, counseling children facing similar challenges. In this way, Jason hopes to change lives – just as his was forever changed. Youth Services Residential Care – 402 School Clients – 165 Nights Lodging – 9,128 strong moral fibers Meals – 21,852 2006 Revenue Birmingham Salvation Army Programs Social Services Public Support 3,072,591 Women and Children’s Shelter Donations In-Kind 1,065,631 Men’s Shelter Women’s Shelter Government Contracts 1,294,703 Transitional Housing Life Skills Training Adult Rehabilitation Center 2,516,378 Homeless Prevention Program United Way Allocation 1,588,779 Christmas Assistance Program Homeless Veterans Program Internal Support 555,321 Youth Services Total 10,093,403 Residential Treatment Program G.E.D. Program 2006 Expenses Residential Therapy Short Term Crisis Program Transitional Living Program Management and General 614,665 Family, Adolescent, Counseling & Education Programs & Services 5,639,440 Corps Community Centers Alabaster, Bessemer, Downtown Birmingham Fund Raising 558,978 Christian Worship Center Payments to Supervising Headquarters 617,352 Character Building Programs for Children Four Fold Programs for Men and Women Adult Rehabilitation Center 2,632,627 Education, Spiritual Formation, Service, Fellowship Emergency Assistance Offices Total 10,063,062 Disaster Training and Coordination Recreational Programs for Youth Leadership Development Programs Excess (Deficiency) of Revenue Day Camp and Residential Camping Programs over Expenses 30,341 Adult Rehabilitation Center Drug and Alcohol Treatment Cash Balance Beginning of Year 37,731 Six Month Residential Program at no cost Group and Individual Counseling Work Therapy Component Total Balance Forward 68,072 Entry Level Employment Spiritual Formation Structured Rehabilitation Schedule Family Thrift Stores Please remember The Salvation Army in your will or estate plan and tell us when you do.

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