When Ruth Collins Altshuler led the capital campaign to build The Salvation Army’s Carr P. Collins Social Service Center in 1984, she helped shape how Dallas responded to homelessness for decades. Now, as The Salvation Army of North Texas replaces that 40-year-old facility, the first building on its new Dallas Social Services Campus will carry her name forward.
Named in her honor, the Ruth Altshuler Emergency Shelter reflects both a generational legacy and a shift in how the community serves its most vulnerable neighbors. Altshuler, the daughter of Carr P. Collins, namesake of the current social services center. championed compassion rooted in dignity and opportunity. The new shelter builds on that vision, replacing mass dormitories with semi-private, family-friendly rooms and trauma-informed care. It is designed to serve more than 2,200 men, women and children each year and help more people move from homelessness to stability.
Part of the $212.7 million One Army, Many Fronts Campaign, the new 21-acre campus marks a pivotal moment for the organization and its future response to homelessness, addiction and poverty in North Texas.
Source: Press release
