New Face of the Poor

In October, SVdP will be sponsoring the Seattle Social Justice Film Festival, which will to “exhibit a series of short and feature-length documentaries and narrative films broadly related to social justice, with a special focus on prisoner justice in the U.S.”The Social Justice Film Festival highlights film and video work being done to institute change…

Meet Tom, who has been with SVdP for just shy of three years.  For a few months, he was the coordinator of the Sacred Heart Food Bank.  Tom was then promoted as the Director of Social Support Services, such as Case Management and the Help Line.  He now is SVdP’s Director of Vincentian Support –…

Maria is our Direct Assistance Program Administrator.  She started here about a year ago as a Help Line Representative until she was promoted to manage the Direct Assistance Program, where she works with our neighbors in need to prevent evictions and utility shut-offs. Maria says, “I love working at SVDP. I am in complete agreement…

Meet Help Line Representative, Chris, who has been with St. Vincent de Paul for more than ten years. Chris started at SVDP in 1999 working in production at the Aurora Store.  “Working at the SVDP Stores helped me to get through earning two college degrees at the University of Washington,” explained Chris. After a few…