“The Rogers Worship Center is Back”

Well its official!  Captain Carr says The Salvation Army’s Rogers worship center is up and running again after undergoing some MAJOR repairs this summer.  Our construction team really did an amazing job in the 100 + degree heat to repair damage from this past winter.  Back in April we noticed the roof was leaking.  It was all in big part due to the fact that major trusses in the roof had cracked under the weight of all the heavy snow this past winter!  So when the damage was being done temperatures were well below zero and when the repairs were made it was scorching hot with temperatures well above 100 degrees!  That’s Northwest Arkansas for you!

Captain Carr says when they found out the building was in such GREAT need of expensive repairs it was plain to see they just had to make the building right again.  He says relocating just wasn’t an option because of the real need in this part of the community for the kind of assistance The Salvation Army provides.  Captain Carr says he’s very happy to have the building almost 100 percent back in working order.  There are still a few electrical repairs to be made and this will be done by the end of the week.  So until then if you have any need to contact our Social Services departments please call our area command location at 479-521-2151 or our Bentonville shelter at 479-271-9545 as our phones aren’t up and running at this location until the end of the week.  Basically by next week though things will be back to normal allowing local youth in the area to have their meetings and tasty food on Wednesday’s!

So as you can see, while things are looking up for The Salvation Army, not everyone has been happy with the repairs!  A family of Raccoons had to vacate the premises of the attic!  The roofers found they had munched through all of the duct work to the air conditioner which is kind of a necessity these days! So we aren’t allowing those rough little tenants back in.  The roof is now properly sealed keeping wild animals out.   So it’s back to the great outdoors for them!  God bless em’!