Salvation Army’s Bay Ridge corps sets goals for fall season
It’s only mid-September, but the Salvation Army is already thinking about Thanksgiving.
Lt. Joel Ashcraft, the officer-pastor of the Salvation Army’s Brooklyn Bay Ridge Corps, made his first appearance at Community Board 10 Monday night and outlined the charitable army’s mission for the fall season.
“We have a very high need to help families during Thanksgiving,” Ashcraft told Board 10 members at their monthly meeting in the Shore Hill Community Room at 9000 Shore Road. Ashcraft estimated that the Bay Ridge corps helps 1,500 people every Thanksgiving.
“We either give them a turkey or a gift card,” he said. In some cases, the gift card is preferred, because it allows the recipient to do the food shopping for his or her family rather than accept a food donation, Ashcraft said.