The Salvation Army Emergency Shelter - Bentonville, Arkansas

Carlos Reyes

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Ana Adriano

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Danyelle Suits

talk about a place that doesn’t care about anything but themselves. shall i name everything that they’ve done to me ? 1) they’ve accused me of neglecting my child just because she had rotavirus one of the staff members misty had looked at my hospital documents that i had apparently dropped when walking back inside without permission && to go even further it wasn’t even her that gave me my documents back it was another fellow resident that slide the papers back under my door. 2) parents know what their children like && don’t like && they should be able to choose what to give their children. here ? nope i got wrote up for giving my child her favorite white cheader cheeto puffs in which her doctors have told me to give her fatty foods. talking about controlling. 3) they’ve kept changing rules && have it posted we don’t have to leave on sundays until 9am here again nope we have to leave everyday at 7:30am on the dot or you get wrote up. 4) people that have been here just recently have been diabetic && all they serve? donuts in the morning && nothing else && during this time the staff member tanya has been caught sleeping on the job && not putting coffee or even breakfast in general out on time nor have they been doing her job in waking the ladies up in time to eat && again people here are diabetic who need to eat. people who have also stated that they also don’t follow dietary needs yep, that’s right too oh unless you’re considered one of their favorites. 5) && definitely the worst part is bed bugs there’s someone here that just entered who is allergic && they’re not doing anything to better the situation. talk about a law suit waiting to happen. 6) the #1 on the list i Took my daughter to the hospital to find out that she has Viral pneumonia And I apparently had a meeting today 12/26/24 One I’ve already asked and stated that I need a reminder because I have a child and have always put her first and didn’t call to have a meeting with Verna and she had wrote me up as they’re trying to kick me out i have never in my life even had to deal with that even at a job talking about another law suit waiting to happen they even have these law sets in place for mothers just like me where jobs can’t do that definitely calling the health department tomorrow && talking to a lawyer ?

Picture below of the bedbugs that they still have to this day of 12 26 24 And if you have volunteered here, I would check your house to make sure you don’t have them too as the kitchen is right by the men’s dormitory Where they’re infested in

Up Yours

My review is on the Thanksgiving dinner. It was excellent the food was awesome. The staff was very attentive and they seemed to care a lot about everybody who showed up to eat there. I will definitely be returning next year. I really enjoyed it. And thank you to all of the volunteers you guys made what would have been a very depressing day for me and others as well as I have no place to go and no family here so much better. God bless all of you.

Love Delia

Housing instability is a major issue throughout this first world country.

I went to The Salvation Army looking for support.

Resources are scarce.

Food is mostly donated when it is old or expired.

Shelter residents are forced to clean the facility with no compensation. If their “chores” are not completed they get written up, and can get up to expulsion from the organization and city location.

Power plays and internal politics create tense environments and people employed to be there (to serve the crisis stricken shelter inhabitants, mind you) walk around wearing walkie talkies loudly talking about people in situations with obvious code words to describe people. It’s all a bit much.

I joined for dinner and was given two choices: chicken or beef. Beef please. I received my plate of rice (with speckles of food bits in it), extremely overcooked sautéed bell peppers ?, and a hefty burrito ? (donated by Chipotle) wrapped in foil.

At 6:30 pm, it was my first meal of the day, so after we found folding chairs against the wall, we sat down at the folding tables.

Taking a HUGE bite out of my burrito ? I quickly found out that the ingredients in the burrito were my biggest allergens.

I couldn’t take it back.
I couldn’t ask for a substitution.
My only options were: eat or don’t eat.

Eat and be in physical pain, with a slew of symptoms from the allergic reaction that will ensue. Or. Don’t eat and simply be hungry.

I had no other food, so I ate.

There are many signs ? on the wall that bark orders and policies to the residents. The residents in crisis come in, are fed whatever (even if they can’t eat it), then forced to do chores (and has severe consequences if those chores are not done).

Here is my meal.

Two grown men yelled and cussed each other out because of an alleged altercation. Some sat paralyzed. Some cried. Some just put their heads down and ate.

We must do better. Talk to ANY of the residents. They will tell you how they are kicked out EVERY DAY, except for church on Sunday. Not allowed ? inside until almost sunset ?, stolen from, eating old and expired food, sleeping on beds that I can’t even begin to describe the situation… let us not blind our eyes to these things. Revisit them (and not just during Christmas seasons). They need a little help. Let’s give them the help they’ve been waiting for.

Love Delia

James Arthur Butler

No bed. Bed bugs, rampant substance abuse, if you sleep on the lawn there's no access to a bathroom from 9am to 530am. Fights often occur at all hours. The employees regularly call the police to hassle the people sleeping on the lawn even when they are doing nothing to provoke it and causing no trouble, and wouldn't be sleeping on the lawn if the Salvation Army would just open its doors to them. If there's space for them during the cold weather, then there's space for the handful of people they tell to sleep on the lawn and then stab in the back by calling the cops in the middle of night knowing that it's likely a few have warrants for being unable to pay fines or are unable to get to court and will be arrested. That's not helping. I'm not even allowed there because I'm transgender, and even if I were by the salvation army, I would be in incredible danger. This is not a good place that wants to help anyone.

Hetty Pezan (Danelle Pezan)

Everyone was great... I was in need my wheelchair broken. lending me a chair. A place to stay warm, feed, resource materials available. Great staffing service. Thanks for holding my prosthetic leg ? for safe delivery...I hope to find a way for my left boot that fit my prosthetic ?to be brought to Encompass rehabilitation hospital as well so I can continue learning to walk in Physical Therapy.
Thanks to Everyone❤️‍?
Hetty Pezan

Gena Bargay

I'm only giving a star because it's the only way to leave a review. I'm better off in my truck, than being treated like a criminal just because I'm having hard times! I was actually looking forward to a shower till they started talking about searching our personal belongings, I might as well go to Benton County Jail!