SEEKING NEW SOLUTIONS
Maj. Ethan and Sue Frizzell are welcomed to Sarasota during a Salvation Army Advisory Board
meeting. Image courtesy of The Salvation Army of Sarasota Facebook page
THE SALVATION ARMY DROPS ITS DAILY RATES AND HOLDS ITS FIRST PLANNED
TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE COMMUNITY'S HOMELESSNESS ISSUES
By Stan Zimmerman
City Editor
Despite a driving rainstorm, more than 60 peo- tioned the organization for a possible realignple showed up at the Salvation Army Wednes- ment of social service agencies.
day evening, Aug. 7, to participate in a "town The Salvation Army is only one of the many orhall-style meeting" to
ganizations assisting
talk about strategies to
the vagrant and homeaddress homelessness.
And I'm starting a birthday less populations in the
program. Every month, on the day of county. But because it
Two developments your birthday, say it's the 25th, we'll give
offers shelter from the
made the meeting sig- you seven days for one dollar a day for
elements, the people it
seven days. It allows us to begin building
nificant. It introduced
serves seldom stray far
a relationship.
Maj. Ethan Frizzell,
from its doors. With its
the new commander
Maj. Ethan Frizzell
location on 10th Street,
Commander
of Sarasota's Salvain a modern $17-milSalvation Army, Sarasota
tion Army. And it posilion facility, "the Sal-
