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February 2024 by Bruce T
On my way to drop off some donations. Notice an influx in this area of homeless, druggies and alcoholics, not sure but some may have mental issues as well from this center. These people are usually walking in traffic on Lewis st .
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February 2024 by Erwin Koti
I entered this facility as neither a alcoholic or Drug addict but on assignment. A full article about my experiences there will be published in the Orange County Register in a short period of time. I’m quite sure a lot of people will be be surprised and shocked.
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December 2023 by Rene Lopez
Another crazy site to unload, tiny room, very slow, you must check on the administration office before enter, stay away from this site
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December 2023 by Joseph Gallegos
This place saved my life
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October 2023 by Alexis
Although this is a good program they put people in charge that shouldn’t be allowed and are not healed or capable. Emotionally some of the staff is hateful and vengeful. Picking on someone just cuz you don’t like them personally is very unprofessional. People are here to get help and get what they earn. It’s not fair at all. Not only does it affect the person in the program it’s affecting the family and loved ones as well. Extremely hateful especially for a Christian ran facility. Again, it’s a great program but the staff needs some serious self reflection themselves. There is no room for power trips in a rehabilitation center. Have a blessed day.
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September 2023 by bri
Although this is a good program they put people in charge that shouldn’t be allowed and are not healed or capable. Emotionally some of the staff is hateful and vengeful. Picking on someone just cuz you don’t like them personally is very unprofessional. People are here to get help and get what they earn. It’s not fair at all. Not only does it affect the person in the program it’s affecting the family and loved ones as well. Extremely hateful especially for a Christian ran facility. Again, it’s a great program but the staff needs some serious self reflection themselves. There is no room for power trips in a rehabilitation center. Have a blessed day.
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July 2023 by Timothy Pemberton
The happiest place on earth! The spot for regaining control over our lives.
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July 2023 by Waldo Martinez
I went there to get the help I needed. I Met Gizell she was amazing and B
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May 2023 by Christine Grant
This place is joke they work you like a slave in there where house sweat shop they take your foodstamps and gr and pretend there all about God and drug rehab don't go to this dump your better off in the street
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April 2023 by Christine G.
This place is trash the wta they call it is nothing but a sweat shop plus they use your food stamps and sign you up for gr which they also take don't go to salvation army under a bridge is a better alternative
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October 2022 by Razor ramon El jefe
Just give it a chance ....you won't be disappointed ...idk about who's running the place now but ....a place to get sober and get right with god
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March 2022 by Billie Ricks
Due to Covid and our 'regular' donation organization not being local or doing pickups anymore I searched for a replacement. Salvation army was my first choice. I called the one in Orange many times but nobody ever picked up the phone to tell me if I could do a drop off. I then Called the Lewis rd. in Anaheim. I was told by a very sweet lady that yes I can do a drop off and their hours on Saturday morning. We drove with a very full load to the site and nobody was there at all. Gates were locked and closed signs. I needed to unload because I was picking up some stuff afterwards so we left all goods outside by the truck and in the bins, leaving without a receipt. Now, this is a matter of principle, not a crucial necessity. I then called, and called and called, leaving message after message. I was transferred, actually got people who transferred me 'not my job'. I actually got the person in charge and simply asked for an emailed receipt, or text or anything. that was a week ago and I am still trying to get a real person. I am very disappointed. We took so much over there and all I need is a piece of paper. IF you plan on doing a tax write-off for large items do not count on getting verification if you don't have it in your hands when you leave. Sure, I don't have to have it, but this is a business that should be used to giving receipts of donations. Not sure where I will take my next load.
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August 2021 by Jamie B.
Was really treated terrible and I volunteered my time there. Watched others treated terrible with any minor mistake they made. I thought this would be a safe place to work and be. Turns out it was completely the opposite. I was given such positive feedback and then one day it all seemed to turn. Turns out 1 or two people who don't like you can really make your life a living nightmare at work. I went from loving it to hating my life and no longer wanting to do this kinda work at all. I don't recommend this place at all to work or be a resident. They kick people out constantly and don't really seem to have much compassion for people at all. It says it's a free program. That's not just true. As a resident You will work constantly in the warehouse and they will charge your food stamps if you are a resident. Also if you injure yourself at all or can't work they will kick you out or not accept you at all. I was sick and made feel like I was forced to come in or would lose my internship all together. They don't take people with certain diagnosis which is total discrimination in my opinion. Even though there mission statement says the words "without discrimination." I also felt completely discriminated against and believed I was pressured into quitting a job I was never even paid for but was simply there to get credit for school. This place pretty much ruined wanting to do this kinda work at all for me. I had gone to college for this and had prior experience. Some people told me I was talented and not to give up on my dreams but over all this job pretty much completely took away all my joy and heart. I enjoyed working with the residents it was the higher ups Especially the administrator at the time Tanya and a new intern that treated me like less than a human being.
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June 2021 by Seth A.
This place feeds off of free labor for desperate people on the street just looking for a place to better themselves & they get treated like garbage , I was there this last year from November until middle of January , did everything working in the warehouse 40 hours a week getting slave driven then again in the kitchen cut I have experience working in them all for A measly $6 a freaking week & being told when & how to do everything especially cleaning the heck out of everything in the place being watched like a hawk & judged, this place only helps people who are in the middle of getting their life together not the beginning, I hated being there everyday, & they had a huge COVID outbreak, everyone was getting it & testing positive for it, scary as heck, & they closed all the "fun" stuff like pool & bowling alley. If your desperate to get help please God find another place cuz for real this place feeds on the weak & desperate, you can find a better place to go trust , I'm in a sober living now no thanks to this place. Anyway good luck people
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May 2021 by Dave M.
The Salvation Army has been saving lives for over 150 years. When you donate at this Warehouse location, you'll see men who are making the effort to save their souls and change their lives! Men getting off meth and women getting off alcohol. This isn't a joke, not happy talk and hugs. This is the real deal. The folks that have survived the hardest of times, the most harrowing of bad trips, living in parks, losing support of their families, the folks you thought were too far gone, the ones who had lost all hope! When you have nothing left, failed multiple times because of the disease of addition, have no money let alone health insurance .... this is where go come to try and get straight -- or where the Court sends you when you've f***ed up for the last time and looking at years in prison. Nobody else going to take you. Only the Salvation Army. Surrender all your warped ways and find another way through Faith in God. This isn't Malibu and these aren't celebrities. These are American heroes coming down off their drug of choice, sober for some brief period, momentarily sober, who walk through those doors, men and women with a glint in their eyes, grinding their teeth, with few belongings left in this world, maybe just one f***ing last hope to get that monkey off their back. This ain't no joke. It's here, or the streets, or incarceration maybe. The Anaheim Rehabilitation Center isn't a month long "try to skate through" program. This is a 6 month spiritual boot camp! Army boot camp ain't this tough and it's only half as long. A lot of stress working that Warehouse and unloading 45' trailers jammed with hundreds of plastic bags filled with random donations, furniture, couches etc, that have to be sorted, cleaned, priced, and shipped back out to stock all the stores in Orange County. If struggling men and women, young and old, can make it here.... they can be on the real road to recovery. Back to being responsible adults, dads, moms, brothers sisters reliable friends. Miracles happen here. Not with everyone that's for sure. The door is open for 6 months if you can't hang or get into trouble while you're on this "healthcare facility." It's a safe place, with 3 hots and a cot. A team that will support you as they challenge you. This ain't easy -- but what's the alternative? Play the tape -- where's it gonna take you? It's never too late to start a Plan of Action! You can do this friends. In memory of my friend, mentor, and brother ... Ron B. He's been promoted to glory.
