Community
SVdP Supports Transit Riders Union
St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Executive Director Ned Delmore spoke at the Transit Rider’s Union Delegate gathering with members of the King County Council on April 22, 2015. SVdP supports the group’s goals and proposals to help reduce the impact of high bus fares on the working poor, people with low or fixed incomes and students.…
Read MoreRenton Store Burglarized! Please Help!
Officials at St. Vincent de Paul say their Renton Thrift Store was burglarized early Wednesday morning, resulting in thousands of dollars in losses including computers, televisions and property damage to the store. Renton police and King County Forensic investigators are on the scene and are continuing their investigation. “This is a devastating blow to us.…
Read MoreThanks, Holy Names Staff
Last week, we had several volunteers from the Holy Names Academy staff work at our Aurora Thrift Store. While we have finished our new community social service center, which will include a Neighborcare Health Clinic and Case Management facility, we are finishing up work to improve our thrift store. These Holy Names staff volunteers worked…
Read MoreAmericanWest Bank Donates
We would like to thank our neighbors at AmericanWest Bank for their ongoing support of St. Vincent de Paul and their most recent donation of $1,000 for our Georgetown Food Bank. Monetary donations to our food bank allow us to supplement our food supply to better serve our neighbors in need. We appreciate the people…
Read MoreNew Mural in Kent
In early December, St. Vincent de Paul unveiled our new mural by artist Blanca Santander in collaboration with students from Kent schools, community partners, and volunteers with funding from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development at Centro Rendu Hispanic Outreach Center in our Kent Thrift Store. We are very grateful for Blanca’s participation in the…
Read MoreSupport Veterans All the Time!
There are thousands of Veterans in Seattle and King County who need our help, our support and our respect. While there are many agencies that serve Veterans, we should all do much more than just think of them once a year on Veteran’s Day. Our soldiers preserve our freedom and safety and we should be…
Read More