Salvation Army Week

When William Booth founded the Salvation Army in 1865, he did it in response to need.  The needs of the poor who were excluded from the Churches in London.

The poor were hungry, ill, dirty, and hopeless.  Some Churches put up screens to hide them from the rest of the congregation.  And with that, General Booth founded the Salvation Army.

He founded The Salvation Army on Christian Principles summed up in a single word:  Others.

As he was nearing the end of his days, and with the convention nearing, everyone was eager to hear what may have been his last message.  However, he was too ill to attend.  So he sent a telegram to all the Salvation Army Officers in the world. It contained one word.  Others.


This photo was taken on Shield Day.  And here I am in my blue Salvation Army Polo Shirt with the red Shield on it.  

Serving as a  volunteer, in the Food Pantry, and the Corps, and as a Bell Ringer during Kettle Season, has been some of the most rewarding times of my life.  Certainly the best Christmases ever.  However....

In a few years I will be 70.  By then, I will have served for 10 years as a Bell Ringer for the Red Kettle drive.  However, this year I had to end my service.  Not due to the pandemic, but because I don't have the stamina to serve.  That is why I posted this article.  To help as best I can.  Please join me in helping the Salvation Army:

Doing what matters, because starving people can't eat symbolic gestures.

Here are some ways to help.

Others

The Salvation Army--Pen Argyl
301 West Main Street
Pen Argyl, PA 18072
Payable to:  [ Salvation Army Pen Argyl ]

or

The Salvation Army 


And remember....


OTHERS

God Bless you all.



Sincerely

Slim. 

China Does as We Did

"The many may oppress the few, but the few may not oppress the many.  Not for very long, anyway."

The Quotations of Slim Fairview.

Do you understand why the Chinese Government raised 500 million people from poverty to the Middle Class?

China created a Consumer Class
China created an investor Class
But most important (and not most importantly) China gave half a billion Chinese people a vested interest in the success of the Chinese Economy and a reason to work towards it.

"China will succeed because China will do as we did, not as we say."  Slim Fairview.

Remember these from our past?

Universal Public School Education
Manifest Destiny
The Trans-continental Railroad
The Monroe Doctrine
The Panama Canal
The Hoover Dam
The Labor Movement
The G.I. Bill
Affordable Single Family Homes

Capital Investment + Economic Stimulus =
Economic Development + Growth
Slim's Paradigm

How many of them has China implemented?

The Cultural Revolution
The Economic Revolution
Nicaragua Canal  (Pending)
Hydro-Electric Power Dam Project (Three Gorges Dam)
T.P.P.
South China Sea
Belt and Road

China appears to be emulating our history.

"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." ~Santayana

"Those who remember history are able to repeat it."
~Slim Fairview

The Quotations of Slim Fairview © 2019

Will China Implode? 

The Media Still Doesn't Understand China


If you find anything here to be helpful, please don't hesitate to send me a really tricked out Mac Book and to tuck a few dollars into the envelope along with the thank you note.
Thank you.



Sincerest regards,

Slim


Bob Asken
Box 33
Pen Argyl, PA 18072


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