The Do Gooders Podcast

Did you know: Joy is one of our six primary emotions, which are universally expressed around the world? And it’s only po... Read more

You’ve heard us talk about The Salvation Army’s commitment to double its impact on homelessness in the West over the nex... Read more

When law enforcement or Child Protective Services removes a little one from their home due to neglect or abuse, where do... Read more

Each year from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, you’ll spot The Salvation Army’s red kettles outside of grocery stores and... Read more

You’ve seen the mugs, the t-shirts, the screensavers… “Follow your heart” “Believe in yourself” You may have even had so... Read more

So each of the 25,000 individuals who stand by a red kettle each year and ring a silver bell have an important role to p... Read more

What are your core values? Do you know? Can you put four or five specific words to them and explain the way those values... Read more

It’s the start of a new year—a new decade: 2020. The Salvation Army enters this new year with the same mission it has ha... Read more

When Commissioner Kenneth G. Hodder returned to the U.S. after 11 years living abroad, he said he was taken aback by the... Read more

Did you know The Salvation Army is in more than 130 countries around the world? And in the United States, it’s present i... Read more

Did you know: The Salvation Army is a big supporter of fun with 44 summer or day camps in the United States devoted to c... Read more

In case you haven’t heard, homelessness is booming in California. Some 130,000 Californians are homeless—which is nearly... Read more

Right now across the U.S. there are 442,000 children living in the U.S. foster care system. Nearly a third of them are e... Read more

Did you know we have some 50,000 storage facilities in the U.S.? That’s more than the number of Starbucks and McDonald’s... Read more

It’s human nature to believe in something other than one’s self, and doing so can give life meaning. That according to D... Read more

It’s not polite to talk politics. I’m sure you’ve heard the sentiment. Especially in any kind of mixed crowd where peop... Read more

Americans are not living happily ever after. According to a study by the University of Chicago, about 60 percent of resp... Read more

Perhaps more than any other story, the story of the first Christmas has connected with people for millennia. Every year,... Read more

We’ve long extolled the virtue of gratitude. Some have even called it the “social glue” that fortifies relationships and... Read more

When Guy Fieri was just 10 years old, he sold soft pretzels from a three-wheel bicycle cart that he built with his fathe... Read more