The Salvation Army is a Christian organization that aims to advance religion and provide relief from poverty. One of its programs is Mission: Literacy, which began in 2006 and aims to increase children's reading abilities and help them discover the joy of reading the Bible. The program establishes tutoring relationships and teaches reading and biblical principles. It has since expanded across the US and received positive feedback from students, inspiring others to donate books to support literacy.

1. LITERACY

2. SALVATION ARMY
 Salvation Army is a Christian denomination and
international charitable organisation organised in a quasi-military
structure. The organisation reports worldwide membership of over 1.5
million
 Objective is the advancement of the Christian religion of education,
the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or
the community of mankind as a whole.

3. SALVATION ARMY: MISSION
LITERACY
Goals are to:
1) Significantly increase the percentage of children able to read at grade
level
2) Help children discover the joy of reading God’s Word
3) break the cycle of illiteracy
4) Establish a relationship between a caring tutor and a child
5) Have children see reading and a biblical lifestyle as vital skills for
success in life

4. BRIEF HISTORY
 January 2006, The American Bible Society conducted a pilot of Mission:
Literacy with three Salvation Army New Jersey Divisions and other strategic
partners. Producing remarkable results, the ABS allowed the Salvation Army
Divisions to continue in October 2006.
 July 2008, the ABS funded a second revision and reprinting of lessons and
trainings implemented by the Salvation Army. In spring 2010, a third revision
was yet again funded due to the fast spread of the mission.

5. BRIEF HISTORY
 Fall of 2011, the ABS endorsed the expansion of lesson plans to
include many other activities which was planned by Margaret
Petrowske, an educator from Central Territory.
 As of today, the Mission : Literacy is still growing and providing
many people across USA with education in the form of activities and
is still spreading the literacy.

6. IMPACT
 The students taught by the Salvation Army have provided good feedback
towards the Salvation Army’s lessons in literacy, and still is spreading
Christianity and literacy widely across the USA
 It has even inspired a Annie Cummins who launched a drive to collect
books at her neighbourhood such that she could donate these books to others.
She has since collected over 9400 books.

7. CREDITS
 http://www.use.salvationarmy.org/use/www_use_newjersey.nsf/vw-
dynamic-index/18AC6191B0A2687685257AD3006CA321
 http://www.salvationarmynj.org/Services/MissionLiteracyHistory.pdf
 Team members :
 Kwon Song Heok, Derek Chua, Sean Chen, Timothy Lopez