New Face of the Poor
Thank You (again), OpenSquare!
Today, we had another great group of volunteers from OpenSquare who helped us serve 1,558 guests from 401 households in our Georgetown Food Bank. Thank you!!
Read MoreOperation Veteran Renewal
Operation Veteran Renewal is a program for returning veterans designed by St. Vincent de Paul of Seattle|King County. Our mission is to work with Veterans and advocate for them to obtain the services they deserve. We support Veterans in establishing coping strategies, maintaining resiliency, identifying strengths and transferring skills, and creating a new purpose and…
Read MoreThank You, OpenSquare
Thank you to our OpenSquare volunteers who helped us serve 1,534 guests from 445 households today in our Georgetown Food Bank. We appreciate and rely on the support from community businesses, like OpenSquare, to help us serve our neighbors.
Read MoreFrom Incarceration to Gainful Employment with SVdP
One rainy day in February of 2013, Rusty knocked on the SVdP Council office main entrance door wanting to apply for work. A senior staff member reviewed his application and decided to give him an opportunity to work for St. Vincent de Paul. He was going to be a painter and all-purpose maintenance employee. …
Read MoreHelping Our Homeless Neighbors
Today, our Georgetown Food and Clothing Bank served 1,676 people today, including 105 homeless people. When our homeless neighbors visit the Food Bank, they often need food that is high in protein and does not require any cooking. Our homeless guests usually only want to take with them what they can carry, so we provide…
Read MoreThank You, Rosanna Inc.
We would like to thank Rosanna Inc for their donation to our St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores. The work of St. Vincent de Paul is dependent on the kindness of those willing to donate goods to us and on the ability of those donations to be sold in our stores. When businesses, like Rosanna…
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