Community
Environmental & Adventure Students Visit
We were fortunate to host 20 plus students, several parents and teachers from The Environmental and Adventure School on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Thank you for your youth, energy, questions and great work at our food bank. The school is a Lake Washington School District “Choice School” serving 6th through 8th grade students. The school was…
Read MoreWells Fargo Grant Award for SVdP!
Today, like most days, the St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Helpline will receive at least 180 calls for help. That is a very normal day for us. This works out to over 48,000 calls on an annual basis. For the past nine consecutive years, St. Vincent de Paul of Seattle King County has been the…
Read MoreOur Committed Food Bank Volunteers!
We want to thank some of the most giving and wonderful people you will ever know—our Georgetown Food Bank volunteers! Most of these folks are here every week, cleaning, organizing, greeting needy neighbors with dignity and respect and distributing food. No question about it. They represent the best because they all believe deeply in giving and…
Read More2015 Day of Caring
Last Friday was the 2015 United Way Day of Caring, the largest volunteer event in Washington. St. Vincent de Paul was lucky to have 60 volunteers serve in our food bank and five stores. These great volunteers came from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Virginia Mason, Microsoft, Providence, and Seattle Bank. We are so…
Read MoreThank You, Overlake Students
We want to offer a heartfelt thank you to our friends from the Overlake School, who volunteered at our Georgetown Food Bank last week. These tenth graders toured SVdP and then spent four hours working to serve our neighbors in need. We are grateful for the time you spent at St. Vincent de Paul and…
Read MoreNational Jesuit Day of Service
On April 25, a group of volunteers spent time at the Aurora store as part of the National Jesuit Day of Service. These were wonderful volunteers, who worked both inside and outside of the store. They also assisted with bagging at the registers, monitoring changing rooms, carrying items out to the car, and monitoring the…
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