My favorite client -- Doing The Most Good

Your not always able to pick who you work for, especially at an agency. I've been fortunate in that, for the most part, I've enjoyed just about all the clients that I've had over the years. There is one client, however, that stands out among the rest.

While I worked at Click Here, I had the great fortune to work for the Salvation Army. Everyone knows who the Salvation Army is by the ringing bells. What I don't think that people know is the type of work that the Salvation Army does.

The Salvation Army provides Emergency Assistance during disaster such as Katrina. I know this from personal experience. In 1979, I was in Wichita Falls when a tornado came through the city pretty much leveling it. It destroyed our car, all forms of communication and we had no place for our family and my two elderly grandparents to stay. The Salvation Army was the first on the scene, providing a place for us to be as well as helping us make contact with our extended family.

During Christmas, the Salvation Army provides necessities and gifts to people in need. They provide meals and gifts to children of inmates, who in some cases, may never receive a gift at this time. This particularly hits home for me as I see our own Christmas tree so full of gifts you can barely walk by it without tripping.

Internationally, the Salvation Army fight Human Trafficking. They do this not only through advocacy programs that inform and attempt to get people to take action, but also through services provided to those who are victims of this modern day slavery.

I could go on and on about what the Salvation Army does. You can find out more about their mission and cause on their website. What the Salvation Army needs, however, is not accolades for the type of work they do but help doing the work. That's why I'm starting a Red Kettle, online. I'm going to try to raise $250 for the Salvation Army by "ringing the bell" on ChaosScenario.

I'd love for readers to donate, but it doesn't have to be money. Volunteer time by ringing a bell, working in a kitchen. You can find a local place to volunteer by going to the Salvation Army site, typing in your zip code and finding your local Salvation Army center.

For those of you with your own blogs, rather than donating, I'll challenge you to set up your own Red Kettle on your blog and get your readers to get involved.

Help us help the Salvation Army in it's mission to Do The Most Good. - Paul Herring