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Comparing The Salvation Army And Cloud 9

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There's several organizations with different objectives, however their main focus is to bring awareness and assist the help. Giving USA states “Giving by individuals grows nearly four percent, driving the rise in total giving…”. Still continuing around the same rate donation reached an estimate of two hundred and sixty billion dollars in twenty-sixteen. It’s clear to say that donations are always coming in from donors. The following will present information of two charitable organizations ‘The Salvation Army’ and ‘Cloud 9’. A five thousand dollar donation will be granted to the best organization that provides great service to the people in need. The Salvation Army is a well known organization, it has been around for over a hundred years. William …show more content…

They have different kinds of shelters that they provide one being for the homeless when the weather is extremely hot and freezing cold. Another is called group homes and transitional living center. This program helps people with education, counseling, and life skills so they can be successful in a stable in the community. Their last kind of shelter is a family program instead of separating them, they keep all the family together. All of these programs provide meals, a place to sleep and shower. While they stay there the organization tries to help them get back on their feet. The Salvation army helps as well with poverty bringing hope to the people stuck in those situation. Their website states “ children raised in poverty are thirty-two percent more likely to stay in the cycle of poverty...”. They help overcome poverty by providing a shelter, meal assistance, a pathway to hope, and employment assistance. They then try to match their abilities to a job that fits their qualifications that also obtain reliable insurance coverage. Salvation Army not only assist people in need get back on their feet by giving them a roof over their head, a meal to eat, a hand with finding a job, but also by helping them battle addiction to live a better and healthy life. They run several addiction rehabilitation programs to help cure their dependency with alcohol and drug abuse. In order to help …show more content…

Salvation Army is organization that is widely known and worldwide while the Cloud 9 Charities is a local nonprofit in the Denton County. Both charitables organizations were created to aid the less fortunate which include the hungry and homeless who need a helping hand to achieve a better life. While the Salvation Army has a bigger platform and helps fight for the many in need nation and world wide not all their earnings are given to charities. The Cloud 9 Charities serves my local community and all their earnings are given to charities since they are operated by unpaid board members and hundreds of volunteers. I believe my 5,000 dollars in donations would better assist the Cloud 9 Charities. The whole donation could be provided for mothers and children who are desperately in need of a safe place to stay in the Denton County. Not only do they serve as a temporary place for the families in need but also assist in helping find a job and a place they can permanently call a home. Also, the donation could help in their yearly fundraisers to provide for seniors, the abused, and families. Not to mention these yearly events are one of the few who give a 100% of their earning to the Cloud 9 charities to assist more local nonprofits in the area. The fundraisers creates a fun event in the community that also at the end is being

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