What’s Happening at SVdP?
Kenmore Mural: Support Maintenance Fund
The Kenmore Mural Project at St. Vincent de Paul was officially dedicated on Labor Day, September 5, 2016. Festivities included speeches, a ribbon cutting ceremony and sharing of lots of stories about the mural and the history and community of Kenmore. It was truly an amazing end of the beginning journey for the mural. It…
Read MoreCentro Rendu Leads the Way
We would like to recognize the tireless efforts of Centro Rendu to help build the emerging Kent Education and Equity Partnership (otherwise known as ‘KEEP’). Centro Rendu and its KEEP partners are committed to establishing a school-community model involving students and their families that can be replicated in different communities across the country. This partnership…
Read MoreSix Convenient Locations for Donations!
We are excited to receive your donations. Your generosity in donating gently used items generates thrift store sales which help fund programs to help neighbors in need. Our five thrift stores are in convenient and easy to reach locations around King County. Thrift Store Locations and Hours We also take donations at our Council Office at…
Read MorePeople Are Still Hungry!
During April of 2016 our Georgetown Food Bank served 2,098 families and 1,166 homeless neighbors. These numbers have remained constant for some time. When we started our FACES (food, assistance, compassion and emergency services) program about a year and a half ago, six neighbors came to the first event. Now between 50 and 100 come…
Read MoreJune: Customer Appreciation Month at St. Vinnie’s!
Our customers mean so much to us! Without you our stores could not generate funds to support our programs to help people all over Seattle and King County. So we have created a special month to offer a “huge thanks” to the thousands of folks who shop with us. And for those of you reading this…
Read MoreKenmore Mural Painting Update
The painting is moving along at a swift pace. The artists A Gaul Culley and Staci Adman are working literally both day and night on the project. And many local volunteers are helping. They project the imagery of the mural in black and white on to the wall at night and then paint during the day.…
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