MEDIA ALERT

The Salvation Army
Intermountain Division
Media Contact:
Stephanie Gustafson
303.863.2182 office
720.838.6392 cell
Roger Miller
303.866.9219 office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 15, 2007

DENVER SALVATION ARMY’S EMERGENCY DISASTER SERVICES TO DEPLOY KITCHEN TRAILER TO UTAH MINE DISASTER
The Salvation Army providing more services to miners and families

What: DENVER -- The Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) is deploying a kitchen trailer to Utah Mine Disaster. Mike Gelski, The Salvation Army Metro Denver EDS Coordinator, will be driving the vehicle to the location today, Wed., August 15. Since August 9, 2007, The Salvation Army's EDS in Salt Lake City command has served over 1,600 meals, averaging more than 300 meals per day to emergency workers and volunteers responding to the trapped Utah miners in Huntington. "The Salvation Army will be in Huntington as long as we're needed, said Gelski. "We will be serving over 750 meals per day to the miners, emergency workers and families of the miners."?

Where: The Salvation Army's warehouse, 1901 29th St., Denver, CO. (Brighton Blvd. and 29th St.) will be loading an EDS kitchen trailer, which will be deployed today to Huntington, Utah.

When: Today, Wed., Aug. 15, from 10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Who: The Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services

Why: To provide more EDS equipment in response to the Utah mine disaster in Huntington, Utah.

Activities: EDS volunteers and personnel will be loading the EDS kitchen trailer; also, Mike Geliski will be the spokesperson for interviews.

To make a monetary donation please send a check payable to The Salvation Army earmarked "Disaster Relief " to PO Box 2369, Denver, CO 80201, call 1.800.SAL.ARMY or make a donation online www.salvationarmyusa.org.

The Intermountain Division encompasses Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana.

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Nearly 36 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year. For more than a century, the helpless, hopeless and needy have relied on The Salvation Army for food, clothing, shelter, encouragement, comfort and prayer. In addition to these traditional services, our programs offer education, child care, elder care, gang intervention, athletics, character building, alcohol and substance abuse rehabilitation as well as response to emergencies and natural disasters for the benefit of the children, families and communities of the Rocky Mountains.