Salvation Army closes women’s shelter it operated since 1982, citing economic conditions

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – After more than 40 years of operating an emergency lodge in Winter Haven, the Salvation Army has closed its east Polk County shelter. Over the past month, the charity had been working to relocate nearly a dozen women who had been living at the shelter, in some cases for months.

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