By Ruth Ann Ruiz

The Post Newspaper Features Editor

When I pulled into the parking lot of The Salvation Army at 601 51st St. in Galveston, I thought maybe the facility had been painted. It had a slight glimmer to it that made it look newly painted. My memories were of a building that seemed to be covered with soot and trees that hung all around in awkward places. The Salvation Army Corps Officer Maj. David Swyers explained my different perception of the campus in a surprising way.

“All we had done was pressure washing.” Swyers said.

It just didn’t seem possible that pressure washing could have made such a beautiful change. He assured me several times; it was pressure washing that had made it look so renewed. Both the building and the sidewalks were pressure washed and continue to be pr

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