Growth & Grace

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Leaha Crawford 0:44
Good, good. Good morning, Las Vegas. This is Leah Crawford, one of your hosts of growth and grace. Good morning. Julian,

Julian Rosado 0:52
hello. How are you doing today? I'm a mate. How are you? I'm amazing. How are you? Very good. Very

good. Did you watch our in the playoffs. Can you believe it? Knicks, nicks, are going to the finals.

Leaha Crawford 1:04
I saw that. I saw that they said, I guess it was, um, Madison Square. I mean, um, Times Square, yeah, where they had all the people out there, because they was, well, when is the last time the Knicks made the um, playoffs? Don't, don't go there, don't, I

Julian Rosado 1:18
don't know. You don't know. I don't think I was born. But

Leaha Crawford 1:22
that was that was a low blow to all the new yorkers low so they beat Boston. Yeah, they beat Boston. No,

Julian Rosado 1:29
no, no. So they got blown out. But tomorrow is game seven. I think that's why they were just like, you know. That's why I think they were just like, you know.

Leaha Crawford 1:40
So it's not done yet.

Julian Rosado 1:43
It's over. It's over. So it's three one right now. They play game seven tomorrow on Sunday. Yeah, yeah, the Knicks, yeah. But the problem with the Celtics, their key player is out, and so it's, it's going to be a done it's a done game. Well,

Leaha Crawford 2:01
you want to know what? Because friends of mine were upset Wednesday night, because Golden State is out. So they were kind of upset that Golden State is out. That's because Curry's out. So, I mean, yeah, but I I just like the finals. Just get me to the finals. Y'all, y'all can watch all this stuff. And then football season started, because I tell you the eagle schedule was out? That's all I can say. Oh, schedule is out. Yeah. And I'll let you know. Game I'm going to

Julian Rosado 2:25
Yeah. Game one, they play the I think they play the Cowboys. I believe?

Leaha Crawford 2:32
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I'm gonna figure it out. What game are you going to I don't know. We don't know. We're having a family chat, so we're trying to figure it out. Last year we went to Tampa Bay. Okay? And I'll put you in the family chat so you can go there, yeah, because I asked you last year you can, you said you couldn't make it. But is

Julian Rosado 2:47
it? Is it? Are you going to a regular game? We're

Leaha Crawford 2:49
going to Eagle. No, no, we're not, because the Raiders are playing the Eagles in Philly. Oh, so we don't want to go to a Philly game. We want to go to a game that's somewhere else around the country, okay, so anywhere in the country, so we don't know yet, but today, we have some amazing guests. Enough about sports for you know, and we'll continue to talk because that's one of our favorite topics to talk about. We have some amazing guest in studio. So we had to bring them back because the last show was so amazing, and I love the work that the Salvation Army does in this community. So again, we have major Harold. Hey, major Harold, how are you good to see you? Leah, hey, Michelle, Hi. Nice

Michelle Senser 3:23
to see you again. What's going

Leaha Crawford 3:24
on? I mean, I know we Okay, so I we miss donut week, right?

Michelle Senser 3:29
No, Donut Donut Day. Donut Day is coming. Donut Day is coming, right? Yeah, we just finished National Salvation Army week.

Leaha Crawford 3:38
National Salvation arm. Oh, okay, so that's why, Lee, you need to go to the board meeting and pay attention. Okay, just pay attention. That's all. Okay. So National Salvation Army week. What is National Salvation Army week about?

Harold 3:53
That's That's our opportunity to highlight all the different programs the Salvation Army operates around the city, around the country, around the world, and all those different programs that serve our communities and serve people in need and things like that. And this week just gives us the opportunity to go out and and so we were able to go out and thank many of our vendors and our partners and things like that. And at the same time, we bring to light all of those different programs that we offer so

Leaha Crawford 4:20
and first of all, first for those, I mean, because people, I mean, you might have heard of the Salvation Army, but what does it mean to be a part of the Salvation Army? Well,

Harold 4:32
I'll tell you. I growing up, I thought the salvation part of Salvation Army meant they saved the furniture for the thrift store. Okay, so I truly, I truly believe that growing up, you know, I had no idea what the Salvation Army was, but that said, years later, I learned that the that the Salvation Army is a faith based organization, a Christian organization, that and, of course, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ is included in our mission statement. But that. Said, we do not make evangelization any part or any mandatory part of our programs. So all of our social service programs and emergency shelters and veterans programs and and, you know, children's programs and senior programs and all these different things that we do around the world, there's never a requirement when it comes to the faith based side. Of course, we will, will invite you, but, but there's never a requirement for those things. I

Leaha Crawford 5:26
love it. Now, for those that don't know what is the structure of the Salvation Army, because it actually operates like an army, very much,

Harold 5:37
very much so. So as it turns out that the Salvation Army began in 1865 in London, England, and the Methodist minister that started it at the time realized within about 13 years that the army had already spread across Europe and was starting to spread around the world, and realized that he needed some sort of system to follow all of the volunteers and the employees and also.

Leaha Crawford 6:03
So this is in 1865 1865 so 13 years later, he realized he needed a sister, exactly. Okay. So,

Harold 6:10
so there we are, 1878 and he looks around England at the time, and he's looking for the most efficient organization he can find. And he finds the English navy, right? And so that, and that's it, right? So he realizes that the most efficient worldwide organization that he is aware of is the English navy. So the Salvation Army adopted a militaristic style. So yes, we when a Salvation Army officer goes to seminary, college, you get, of course, you graduate with a degree, but you also get commissioned as an officer, which means then that you salute and they tell you where they're going to send you, just like the military. And every few years, they tell you where they're going to transfer you, just like the military. And we all live in in quarters, not homes or parsonages like it, like any other church would be. It's similar, but, and then, you know, that's, that's salary. We do what we not a salary. We call it a, what do we call it? What do we call we don't call it I, for example, I don't give you, yeah, I don't get kind of I don't get vacation. I get furlough. Okay? Because just like the military, if you're on furlough and they need you for something, they call you back. So and the Salvation Army, that doesn't happen very often, but it's the Salvation Army is the same way. Is when I take vacation to in civilian speak, then I for me, it's called furlough, and I understand that wherever I am, whenever I am, if there's an emergency that they're going to call me and I need to return immediately. So

Leaha Crawford 7:49
is it something? Well describe it. So when you decided to become a part of the Salvation Army, you took more of a committed role, you and your

Harold 7:58
wife. Yes, we did. So you're right. So as it turns out, it's the life isn't cut out for everyone. It is full time ministry, right? When I mean full time, it means the 2am phone calls the, you know, the building alarm system went off, or someone calls you from the hospital and and there was an accident. So all those things come along with with anyone that's in ministry, but with us, we do that, and at the same time, then, because the organization that we serve, there's sometimes there's needs for our skills or talents in other places around the world. So they promise they won't transfer us overseas without asking. So you have to agree. If you're going to go overseas, you have to agree. I mean, you agree to it. They don't move you overseas against your will, but, but it does mean that whatever part of the world or the country that you are in, that's where you can be transferred. So here we are in Las Vegas. We were transferred here two years ago, and this our territory, is what we call it, and covers the 11 western states, and including Alaska and Hawaii, Guam the Marshall Islands. So anywhere inside of that area, you can go, we can get the phone call and you go, and

Leaha Crawford 9:08
you go, got it now, what about if you have families? Yes, your

Harold 9:11
family moves with you so that you we live in again, we don't we live in what any other church would call parsonage. So we live in a Salvation Army house we call quarters, and they know what size family you are, you tell them. And so they make sure that there's enough bedrooms. And then we drive Salvation Army vehicles and and all that kind of you just move from one Salvation Army house to your new city to another Salvation Army house and and go to work in a new building and a new office. And sometimes there's services that you that you are familiar with, and sometimes there's not sometimes services you have to get you that you have to learn. Exactly, right? Yeah, exactly. So not every Salvation Army unit has an emergency shelter, not everyone has veterans programs, not everyone has low income senior housing, but it just so happens Las Vegas has all of those things, right, right? So. You get here, like, oh my so that's a lot. And after school programs and social services and all Las Vegas, as far as I'm aware, and this is my seventh appointment, Las Vegas has the most variety of programs of any location in the western United States. Say

Leaha Crawford 10:18
that again, I want, because I want y'all to hear I really want. Because when we talk about the Salvation Army, and people talk about Las Vegas, they talk about our gambling and stuff like that. But our Salvation Army here has what, say it again,

Harold 10:30
the most programs, the most variety of programs, of any Salvation Army unit in the western United States.

Leaha Crawford 10:37
I love it. I love it. So let's talk about those programs. So Michelle, I know you guys let's talk about the programs. And thank you, Major, because I wanted the thing about it is people. We talk about the Salvation Army, people see the kettle kick off. But really, what are you giving to? What is the structure? And I don't know if we have enough conversations around you know who we are, what we do, yeah, but even the structure of the organization,

Michelle Senser 11:00
right? Well, like major said, you know, they have the officers, and then you have employees like myself, right? So I'm not an officer,

Leaha Crawford 11:09
so you will stay with us, right? Yeah, I actually work for

Michelle Senser 11:13
the Salvation Army, yes. And so as a PR, I try to make sure that the general public is aware of the programs that we have and how we get back and the fundraisings that we have, that the money stays in our community. So it's very important, and so that's why, when we just finished up Salvation Army week, going and thanking our media partners, because they're the ones that let us do that right, they come out and they tape and interview us, our majors and so forth and so, that way the public can actually see what we what we do. You know, whether it's a RC and our thrift stores or our community kitchen that that we do 365, days a year, every you know, every day, even Christmas, New Year's all the good stuff, our staff, our group of volunteers, you know, volunteer appreciation, things like that. The schools Back to School programs. So, so it's important, you know, my job is to try to make sure that people understand. And I always get that like, oh, I only thought, I thought you did, only the bell ringing, you know. Like, Well, we do a lot more than that well.

Leaha Crawford 12:22
And the thing about it is, I love the fact that the salvation, you know, the Salvation Army, first of all, thought to the structure over 100 years ago, over 150 years ago. But more importantly, here locally, that it was important to hire someone to do PR, to consistently talk about the programs and what we do and what we offer. So let's go over some of those programs so that we can let's talk about those programs. So my the one I wanted to talk about today was the A R C, but we come back and do a real in depth show, Michelle about the A R C services. But if we can give a brief overview of what the A R c, what is a R C? Well, what does a r c mean?

Harold 12:59
The adult rehabilitation center. Okay, so, and basically what it is is in in most cities in the United States and some places around the world, the Salvation Army offers a six month in house program for drug and alcohol addiction. Okay, of course, we live in Las Vegas, so in this particular Salvation Army, A, R, C, we offer recovery services for drugs, alcohol and gambling addiction. So say that again, drugs, alcohol and gambling addiction. So that's that's unique to the Salvation Army a RC here in town. The the other part about that is that most people don't realize is Salvation Army aarC programs, while being six months in house program, are completely free to the participant. You don't have to pay 1000s of dollars. You don't have to do anything like that. No insurance, no right? You don't have to have insurance or anything, you know. So you live there in the Salvation Army facilities. You do. You do, of course, your work program, your if you need your GED or high school diploma assistance, we do that job, training, resume, assistance, all those things, all the counseling, of course, NA and AA programs that happen there, and all those things happen inside the program that while you live there. Do

Leaha Crawford 14:12
you have a contact information for that program? Do we have a contact information? We do give me the main number, but what was the main number for um, for Salvation Army.

Michelle Senser 14:21
Um, the main number that you can use, it's 70287044301 more time, 702-870-4430

Leaha Crawford 14:32
and the reason why is absolutely free. So if you absolutely need help, yeah, if you need help for

Harold 14:39
men and for women, for men and for women.

Julian Rosado 14:41
How people donate?

Harold 14:44
So there's a location, there's four Salvation Army thrift stores around the valley. So you can either take your donations to those thrift stores, or you can take your donations right to right to the Salvation I mean, the Salvation Army, a RC, and that is located at 211, Judd. And Avenue, okay, just north of town here, financially, oh, financially over. That's easy. So you, you, you our address for our admin office is 2000 2900 so 2900 Palomino lane, Las Vegas. And you, you can send a check. Or, even easier, if you're not the old fashioned check writing people, then you go to our website, which is Salvation Army Southern nevada.org, and there's a little donate button there on the website, okay? For that matter, Instagram, Facebook. Instagram is Salvation Army, S O, N, V, and Facebook is a Salvation Army Southern Nevada, and they have links there that you can donate. It's fantastic, yeah, that's fantastic.

Leaha Crawford 15:41
So absolutely free, right? Yeah, absolutely free, exactly. So you listen to growth and grace. I am Leah Crawford. This is Julian mazano, and we had the Salvation Army here today just talking about some of their programs and services that they offer throughout the valley. So we talked about the A R C, and we'll say it again. The A R C is free the adult recovery centers, right? Adult rehabilitation I'm sorry, okay, yep. Adult rehabilitation center, arc, arc, okay. Adult rehabilitation center, see, I need to pay attention in the board meeting. Okay, go back to that. Okay? So we have that, and then we have, well, a lot of people know about the kitchen right and shelter on Owens right

Harold 16:30
35 West Owens, the Salvation Army operates a five acre campus, and on that five acre campus there are 11 buildings, and those 11 buildings provide a multitude of services, most are related to homeless services, specifically for veterans, veterans families. Then there's emergency shelter, both a male dorm and a female dorm. And then we have a special dorm for those that are experiencing gender based issues, for LGBTQ issues. So we have a special it's got higher levels of security and manpower there at that place. And then we also operate a hostel. And then I know I'm forgetting things here, it's

Michelle Senser 17:10
okay. We'll have our, what you said, veterans, vocational, oh,

Harold 17:14
the vocational training program, yeah, the Salvation Army program. There is an in house program where you live there on in our transitional housing facility, and they will train you in up to 42 different job fields. They can help you get your your CDL license. They can help you get your guard card, if you're don't going into security. They can help you with your pharmaceutical training. Culinary, culinary, oh, our culinary arts program we last week, we graduated our 50th graduating class for a Culinary Arts Academy. Yes, yeah. We partner with the College of Southern Nevada, and it's amazing state to work. Yeah, no kidding, no kidding. So it was, it's an amazing thing. It's like a 5050, graduating classes, right? How amazing is that?

Leaha Crawford 17:57
How amazing is that? But let me ask you this though, how does if someone just wanted the vocational training, how would, what would they do? Just to get the vocational training,

Harold 18:08
you'd have to speak with our vocational coordinator. Okay, so, so say,

Leaha Crawford 18:13
I am, you know, I'm looking forward. I'm having a problem finding a job. I'm not necessarily homeless, but I am having a problem finding a job, right? So I don't need a shelter, but I don't need shelter, but I do need

Harold 18:24
so. So if you don't need shelter, I would offer just the caseworkers or case managers in our many different departments, Family Services, Veterans Department, yeah, okay, right. So we, so we offer casework, and so we call up the main number there, the 702-870-4430, ask to speak to Family Services. They handle the case management for all employee employment assistance and housing assistance and utility assistance and all those things like that. Our case managers handle those things.

Leaha Crawford 18:53
So again, a why you said that? You said that Las Vegas, that's a whole bunch of stuff. So that's a whole lot of stuff for you. First of all, for someone to come in, right? But to man, first of all, you have to understand it in order to manage it,

Harold 19:06
right, right? So, as Michelle noted, right, 130 employees here around Southern Nevada, right? And many everywhere from we have an office in Pahrump we have an office out in Mesquite Henderson. And hopefully, knock on wood. A year from now, we will open our new family service office up in North Las Vegas. So that capital campaign is almost finished, and and then just another place that we can offer our social services and things like that. That's good. That's

Michelle Senser 19:34
good because right now we only have the one pantry in Henderson, okay. And so with Family Services, building is finished in North Las Vegas, and we'll be able to have another another entry, another food pantry, another to kind of spread it out,

Leaha Crawford 19:46
right? Well, I can tell you, Julie and I did attend the the fundraiser that was so much fun. And he our fundraiser, yeah, last month, it was a lot of fun. So thank you. I mean, we enjoy. I mean, we enjoyed it. It was a lovely. Out, and just to hear the services, and to see some of the participants in the program, and to hear, especially the story of the MC Mm,

Michelle Senser 20:08
hmm, yeah, and so, and that's one of the beauty of it, is that we have employees, but we also have real, you know, life experience, employees that come and they work as pure, you know, peer support, because if they have that life experience, and then they come and do things with us and partner up with us, it's, it's a win win. Because you see somebody that went through the program, went to the struggle, and then now has their, you know, their own business, or, you know, graduated from college with a master's degree and all of these other things, and they're now that's our way of giving back. So I try to keep that engagement going and making sure that we hear those stories to remind us that there is light at the end of the tunnel for a lot of people, and we're here to help. I mean, we're a stepping stone, obviously, and you have to do the work like he has. You have to do the work, yeah, the person has to do the work. But when we have all the support that we can give you, yeah, but you have to be ready

Leaha Crawford 21:07
and willing. Right to do you have

Julian Rosado 21:09
to be willing, yeah, and both of the chefs were participants. They were both of

Michelle Senser 21:13
our executive chefs are lived experience participants. Went through the program and now

Harold 21:21
how? Was really good. It was, it was literally a competition white pill to rip. It was a red thing. It was a ref actually,

Julian Rosado 21:30
yeah, I think it was a red, yeah. And I was not addressed appropriately, because someone, someone told me that, yeah, come this event, and so I come to an event wearing a hat. Well, that's next time, you know, sneakers call me, and then everybody's dressed in black suit, and, oh my gosh, everybody's looking at me like, Hmm, oh man, this must be the I'd have been

Harold 21:53
in sneakers if they didn't let me. So it's all right, we're glad to

Julian Rosado 21:58
have you. Was very kind though. Here was like, you know, looking at me, well, there was very, very, very

Michelle Senser 22:04
kind, yeah, and our chefs, you know, they put a lot of work into that, you know, I, I'm the Community Engagement and PR, so I put all that together and stuff. So it was a lot of fun. But are

Leaha Crawford 22:16
you going to do one next year? Hopefully,

Michelle Senser 22:17
yes, this was our second, right? Second. This was the second.

Harold 22:23
Yeah, so we'll do, hopefully we're gonna do it

Michelle Senser 22:25
every year. Okay, right? So, like, major said, I mean, they get reassigned all the time, so it looks like we may be going through a little reassignment with some new majors and Lieutenant Colonels. And so we're excited, but we also have to see how you know what, what ideas they have and and I'm just here to help bring those ideas to fruition, you know, and get those ideas going, bring in creative things that we can do for kettle kick off and back to school and all those good things, just to make sure that they're elevated. Fun for the community.

Leaha Crawford 23:00
I love it. I love it again. That phone number is 702-870-4430 again, 702-870-4430 and we talked about a variety of services. So utility assistance, rental assistance, case management. So if you're looking for a job, you know, there's a case manager there, and they're 42 different, different job fields, different job vocational training. For the vocational training, you have to do the work, right? You have to do work. I can't just say you're a chef, nope. You got to go to culinary classes. You know, you can get a CDL, but you got to go to the classes, but you don't have to pay for it, right? I love it. I love it. So are there any other programs that many

Harold 23:49
there's North Las Vegas has a low income senior housing a matter of fact, there's some low income senior housing there at the 35 West Owens campus as well. First for senior citizens, the Palomino address has an after school program. So we have that as well. There's we offer emergency disaster services, and we hope and pray that we never have to offer those things. But you know, we live in reality. In the real world is the real world. So when it comes to fires and earthquakes and and and you name it, floods and hurricanes and all those things like that. We have a unit right here in Las Vegas that is based so we respond to those things and bring lots of volunteers. We do all of that. We send children to summer camps. We have an amazing summer camp down in northern Arizona. And every summer, for about eight or 10 weeks, we have a different camp every week, and we send local children down, and they get to spend the week out in the outdoors. Where

Leaha Crawford 24:49
is it too late to sign up? No, I don't think listen. So you can contact. You can contact 70287044 307028704430, again, they get a camp experience, right,

Harold 25:06
right? Yeah, the outdoors, right, swimming and hiking and all that kind of mountain. Oh,

Leaha Crawford 25:11
wow. Oh, wow. Is their age? Wow. How old do they need to be? I

Harold 25:14
think 18 down to five. Five to

Leaha Crawford 25:17
18 I love and it's a week. So they pick them up here locally in

Harold 25:21
Vegas, we transport them down to the camp. The camp is in Heber, Arizona, okay, and so it's up in the mountains. So we transport them down, and then five, six days later, we drive down and pick them up and bring them back.

Leaha Crawford 25:34
Okay, yeah, all children in tech County, right? We say we dropped off 20. We got to pick up 20. We try,

Michelle Senser 25:41
yeah, and I know there's a cap on it. So, I mean, it is a first come, first serve, so, but I don't believe it's filled up just yet. I know a lot of the participants from our after school care go

Leaha Crawford 25:55
well, it's eight weeks. So, I mean, you can pick a variety. They can pick variety, all right. Are there any other programs you want to talk about? Talk about?

Michelle Senser 26:03
Well, just, you know, just to make sure that, you know, as far as I know, you said utility and rental. Now, those are programs that are designed for individuals that go through the Clark County system. So we as our offices, don't just have, you know, like the funds to help them, that we have funds to help the participants that come through on a grant basis, per se. So just want to make that clear, because I want people to think they can just call and get rental fortune and get rental assistance right off the so, yeah. So this

Harold 26:38
is what happens if you happen to not be part of the CES, which is the Coordinated Entry System for the whole county, then our caseworkers will help you get why to the Coordinated Entry System and get you on, you know, in the program, exactly right? That's not always easy to do so, but, but our our caseworkers and case managers will help anyone get into those into those systems, so you're in the queue and things like that.

Leaha Crawford 27:03
Okay, so basically your system, but then if they're in the system, then you can help with the

Michelle Senser 27:09
yes, if they get into the system and they get referred to the Salvation Army. So you got to remember, it's all Clark County, so there's a lot of different agencies that do the same thing, some of the same things that we do and and so we'll get referral, referred to us, to the Salvation Army, and then we can, then we can step in and and help. But

Leaha Crawford 27:27
you do offer the services. We do, right? Got it. But it's not something where you call direct. In other words, no, not for that, no, not, not for that. Okay, so you call direct, and you go to to we help you get into CES, right? And then once you get in CES, it depends on who you refer to,

Michelle Senser 27:42
right? Yeah, well, we'll definitely navigate you to where you need to be. All right, we're not just gonna say no, we can't help you. Goodbye. And every agency has its

Harold 27:51
own specialties, right? Catholic Charities or the just one project, things. So all these are all partners that we work with around town. So they all have their own specialties, and they're all, you know, we're better at some things and others and things, so we all work together, and our case managers will do what we call a warm hand off. So we'll call one case manager from another agency and just say, Look, this is the person. This is their need. Can you help them? So I love

Leaha Crawford 28:13
it. So let me give you that phone number again, because we are almost out of time. 702-870-4430 again. 702-870-4430, Well, Major, I know you are leaving us in the valley, but please don't forget about us in every alley.

Harold 28:31
Can't forget about Las Vegas. Yeah. Where's he going? Yeah. Portland, Oregon, yeah. We received the phone call a week ago that my wife and I our services are needed at our headquarters in Portland. Beautiful out there. Yeah, yeah, it is. It You're not kidding. If there's anything that that may bother me about our lovely city, it is the summertime heat and well,

Leaha Crawford 28:57
you leave in perfect time. June 29 is right, right? We is right in the middle, right?

Harold 29:02
Yeah, so and so, from what I I've driven through Portland. I've never lived there, but I understand that it is much greener and cooler and wetter than and wetter,

a lot wetter, lot wetter than it is so

but yeah, well, we will do what everything we can, to help those people in that city as well. And and for that matter, the leaders that are coming here are literally international leaders, Lieutenant Colonel Smith, one of the recent they're currently in Phoenix, Arizona, but one of the recent leadership things was internationally. I think it was in Singapore. They led a territory there. So they are, they are very intelligent and very compassionate and kind, and they're looking forward to coming here. I've already talked with them, and they are excited.

Leaha Crawford 29:45
All right. Well, that ends our time. Well, thank you major. Thank you, Michelle, thank you. All right, we will catch you guys next week on growth and grace. I am Leah Crawford, this is Julian Rosado. All right, until next week, guys, bye, bye. You.