Tour our Social Services Center!

If you haven't toured the Red Shield Lodge, The Salvation Army's 215 bed Social Services Center, consider joining us very soon. We conduct monthly tours on the first Friday (10:30 a.m.) of each month, except December and January AND will schedule a tour that works for your schedule. Please call our Community Relations Department at 239-278-1551 to schedule these tours. The tours called "Behind the Red Shield", lasts one hours and tours our entire Soial Services campus.

Tour Direction and Information

Location: The Red Shield Lodge, 2400 Edison Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33901 (239) 334-3745

Directions: From US 41 (near Lee Memorial Hospital): Turn east on Edison Avenue. Travel about 5 blocks (pass the City of Palms ballpark), go to the corner of Edison and Central (4 way stop). You will see the Red Shield Lodge on the right.

Parking: Park in the front parking lot and go to the main entrance (the main entrance faces Edison). Ask for your tour contact at the front deks.

Sign-in and confidentiality procedures: Please sign our visitor's registry and collect a visitor's badge. Place your visitor's bade high and to the right on your clothing so that it is fully visible. Please note that our facility is home for many residents who are making changes in their lives. Protecting the privacy of our residents is a strict procedure with which we comply. The register you sign includes a confidentiality statement.

Thank you. We appreciate your interest in the social outreach services of The Salvation Army of Lee County. Thank you for taking the time to understand what we do, first hand.

If you are unable to make a tour but are still interested in finding out more about your local Salvation Army, please view a report of our 2009 Program Review which will give you an overview of what we do.