Beckley Salvation Army hosts grand opening of new headquarters
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — The Beckley community turned out to celebrate a welcome addition to the City of Beckley on Friday, May 10, 2024.
The Chris and Cameron Cline Center for Service and Worship, the new headquarters for the Beckley Salvation Army, hosted a grand opening celebration at the Robert C. Byrd Drive facility.
Confetti flew, and Beckley Common Councilwoman (Ward 5) Janine Bullock led a prayer. Those gathered sang hymns before entering the facility, which had been under construction since March 2022.
Plans had begun around 15 years before the doors officially opened on Friday.
When the doors opened, the community got its first, long-awaited glimpse inside of the completed Chris and Cameran Cline Center for Service and Worship, which is named in honor of a late Beckley businessman and his daughter who perished in a plane crash in July 2019 in the Bahamas.
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For Captain Liz Blusiewicz, the open door was the end of a journey.
“We cut the ribbon, opened the doors,” said Captain Blusiewicz. “We are now here for the public to come, to receive food boxes, utility assistance, rental assistance. We want to the be a place where the community knows, if I need help, the Salvation Army is the place I can go.”
Local community organizations gathered inside the gymnasium to celebrate and to offer crafts and activities to local kids who were able to attend.
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The center will offer after school activities for youth, and Captain Blusiewicz said the new Salvation Army headquarters hosts a Boys and Girls Club.
“It’s after school, and folks can sign up now on our website, or they can come in person, pick up an application and sign your kids up, ” she said on Friday. “We only have a couple spots left, so don’t wait.”
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