Salvation Army donations in Fayetteville will help restore facility

The Salvation Army dorm and kitchen in Fayetteville, which provides about 300 meals a day for families in need, is still working to recover from Hurricane Matthew.
Posted 11/28/2016, 11:59:31 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:36 PM

SO YOU THE SOUND OF A BELL

RINGING AND A FAMILIAR RED

KETTLE REMINDS US THE SAMPLE IS

COLLECTING MONEY TO HELP THE

LESS FORTUNATE.

THE SALVATION ARMY IS ALSO

TRYING TO RECOVER FROM

HURRICANE MATTHEW.

>> THE STORM FLOOD THE THE DORM

FOR THE HOMELESS AND SHUT DOWN

ITS LOVE LINE.

THE ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS SO

MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA

KNEW NEEDS YOUR HELP.

>> Reporter: YELLOW CAUTION

TAPE STILL HANGS OUTSIDE THE

DORM AND KITCHEN ON ALEXANDER

STREET.

FLOOD WATT FERREIRA HURRICANE

MATTHEW CAME IN FORCING ABOUT

100 SEEKING REFUGE FROM THE

STORM TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

>> THE CREEK THAT IS BEHIND THE

SHELTER ROSE AND ALL THE WATER

CAME ESSENTIALLY DOWN ALEXANDER

STREET.

WE SUSTAINED ROUGHLY 7-INCH IS

WORTH OF WATER THROUGHOUT THE

ENTIRE FACILITY.

>> Reporter: WATER DESTROYED

CARPETS, DOORS AND PERSONAL

BELONGINGS OF THOSE WHO CALL

THE SHELTER HOME.

>> IT BREAKS OUR HEART RIGHT

NOW THAT OUR SHELTER IS SHUT

DOWN TEMPORARILY BECAUSE WE

KNOW WHAT KIND OF A NEED THIS

MEETS IN THE CITY OF

FAYETTEVILLE.

IF OUR SHELTERS NOT UP, IT IS A

STRUGMENT.

>> THE WATER CAME UP TO ABOUT 7

INCHES HERE IN THE KITH AN

WELL.

THAT MEANS 300 MEALS DAY AREN'T

BEING PROVIDED.

-- IN THE KITCHEN AS WELL.

THIS YEAR, THE BELLS AND RED

KETTLES ARE NOT ONLY ASKING FOR

DONATION TO HELP THE LESS

FORTUNATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

IT IS ALSO A WAY TO HELP THE

SALVATION ARMY IN FAYETTEVILLE

GET BACK ON ITS FEET SO IT CAN

REOPEN THE SHELTER SHUT DOWN BY

THE STORM.

>> WE REALLY NEED FOLKS TO COME

ALONGSIDE US.

PUTTING MONEY IN THE KETTLE

GOES A LONG WAY.

>> GILBERT BAEZ, WRAL NEWS.

>>> THE SALVATION ARMY HOPES TO

HAVE THE SHELTER BACK UP AND

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