Use Facebook to Let Low-Income Families Know: "You've Got a Friend"

The donation will be specifically used to help families and individuals pay utility bills this winter. (This family service program also helps families with emergency food, housing, and other similar needs.) “During the coldest months of the year, going without heat in your home literally can be life-threatening,” said Dave Moody, Field Marketing Director for Service Experts. “But sometimes, unless they get assistance, low-income families face a choice between mortgage payments, buying groceries, or paying their utility bills. New friends of our Service Experts Facebook page will also be helping others who could really use help from a friend at this time of year.”

The Service Experts Facebook page includes a wide variety of ideas and suggestions to improve your home and family life or just to entertain. For instance, recent posts have included:

• a link to “20 Activities to Do with Your Family This Weekend” from parents.com,

• home design ideas and useful links,

• a link to a CBS Morning News segment on the innovative new Nest programmable thermostat,

• photos from the Service Experts team at International Coastal Clean-Up Day in Florida,

• funny Service Experts commercials, and more.

The Salvation Army was established in 1865 and has been supporting those in need for 129 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services. About 83 cents of every dollar raised is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.