{"id":3307,"date":"2024-10-04T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100.28.115.227\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2025-01-30T19:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:22:35","slug":"meeting-the-need-in-valdosta-georgia-one-meal-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/04\/meeting-the-need-in-valdosta-georgia-one-meal-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting the Need in Valdosta, Georgia One Meal at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Valdosta, GA (October 4, 2024) \u2013 <\/strong>On assignment to deliver dinner in Valdosta, Georgia, two Salvation Army canteen workers on deployment for Hurricane Helene relief were on their way to a second meal location when they were flagged down for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were passing a house and at least 15 kids ran outside,\u201d said Bridget Henry, a caseworker with the Army Marietta Corps. \u201cThey were waving and shouting, stop! If someone is flagging you down, it\u2019s an emergency. When kids are involved that makes your heart sink. These kids are hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridget\u2019s canteen partner, Trudy Kannenberg, a retired nurse and Army volunteer from Toccoa Service Center in Georgia, was driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe needed a place to park to get off the road,\u201d she said. \u201cTwo neighbors worked it out so we could park parallel across their driveways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once word got out that The Army canteen was in the neighborhood, people started to come out of their homes to line up for food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith no power, they had no food because it all went bad,\u201d said Bridget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During disasters, the Salvation Army works closely with local emergency management officials to determine the best locations to provide meals. In this case, the need found the Army. Bridget and Trudy are convinced divine intervention led them to this neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe prayed that God would show us where to go,\u201d said Trudy. \u201cIt was a God appointment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While waiting for her meal, one resident who had been a long-time member of her church choir started to sing a song, \u2018God Will Make a Way\u2019 and told Trudy and Bridget they had been sent to her neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe cried when we handed her a plate because she didn\u2019t know what she was going to eat,\u201d said Bridget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both women agree that when a Salvation Army vehicle rolls up to a disaster area, it is often seen as a beacon of hope\u2014a promise that help has arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also a chance for people to speak to someone who cares about them because if we didn\u2019t care, we wouldn\u2019t be here,\u201d said Bridget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had so many times to stop and pray with people,\u201d added Trudy. \u201cWe are here on purpose for a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christine Rogers<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valdosta, GA (October 4, 2024) \u2013 On assignment to deliver dinner in Valdosta, Georgia, two Salvation Army canteen workers on deployment for Hurricane Helene relief were on their way to 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