During the month of May, The Salvation Army Kroc Center will feature art work on loan from The Salvation Army’s Southern Historical Center at the Evangeline Booth College in Atlanta.  The art show is free and open to the community at the Kroc Center, 1833 Broad Street in Augusta. 

The art display will feature 40 pieces of rare art work, plus old and out-of-print Salvation Army materials from the nineteenth century. The art will be on display for the month of May celebrating our 150th Anniversary of The Salvation Army.  

Register to win a free one month membership at the Kroc Center. You can register for the drawing at the Kroc Center from today until May 31^st.

The Salvation Army occupies a prominent position in the American philanthropic landscape by virtue of both its size and its effectiveness. Forbes magazine calculates that if the Army's employees and volunteers were paid at market rates, the organization would rank with the world's largest companies.

It began 150 years ago in 1865. A 36-year-old Methodist minister named William Booth and his wife, Catherine, began reaching out to drunkards, prostitutes, and homeless in the slums of London, England. The Booths offered food, shelter, clothing, and the message of Christ.

Today the Salvation Army has become the largest evangelistic ministry and social service agency in the world. Every day, the Army touches millions of people through relief work, soup kitchens, food pantries, clothing distribution, medical assistance, drug and alcohol programs, shelters and more