The Salvation Army

The City of Bloomington is putting a chunk of its pandemic relief money into homeless services, youth education and support, a program for sexual assault survivors, and the facility of a human services agency.

"It's not a matter of being overly aggressive or more aggressive — it's just working through the backlog of those inspections," Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe said in a recent interview for Sound Ideas. "We would be devastated if something were to happen because it's something that we overlooked."

The Salvation Army of Bloomington operates Safe Harbor, the only 24-hour emergency winter shelter in McLean County. The number of people who seek shelter there is beyond the site's capacity to handle safely, according to city officials.

The Salvation Army of Bloomington missed its goal in the annual fundraising campaign, but by only a little.

The Salvation Army in Bloomington gave out more than 50 fans to help people cope with the intense after the first day of distribution Tuesday, and Development Director Angie said the agency only has 150 left to distribute this week and next.

Director of Development Angie Bubon says the Salvation Army is still more than $100,000 short of its Red Kettle goal.

In less than a month the temperatures will begin consistently falling below freezing overnight. The Salvation Army in Bloomington will open its warming center when that happens so people without homes are not at risk.

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