by SVdP Staff on July 30, 2010
Many many thanks to everyone who faithfully voted for St. Vincent de Paul Phoenix in the Dreyer’s Fruit Bars Orchard Communities Take Root competition. You helped us win an orchard!!
The date to plant the trees is now set for Saturday, February 26.
If you are interested in volunteering to help prepare the site prior to this date, or to help plant the trees, please send an email to garden@svdp-phx-az.org. Also, we will be creating a campus vegetable garden in the fall. If you would like to become involved in this project, let us know by sending an email to the same email address.
by SVdP Staff on July 28, 2010
Part of President Obama’s millions of dollars in stimulus money that was set aside for companies to go green with renewable energy projects was recently put to use for St. Vincent de Paul Phoenix. In May, Governor Jan 
Brewer announced that 14 Arizona non-profits were going to get some of the money and one of the 14 recipients was St. Vincent de Paul. SVdP received almost $50, 000 to install energy efficient lighting. Crews installed skylights into the warehouse and this upgrade will save big on energy costs. The skylights will save more than $1,000 a month simply in energy costs alone.
The energy cost savings means a lot for those who benefit from the support of St. Vincent de Paul. It means there is more money for food. There is more money to help people with their utilities bills and with their rent bills to keep them from becoming homeless. And there is more money for the medical clinic.
by SVdP Staff on July 14, 2010
On Tuesday July 20, community leaders, students, and local celebrities will assemble more than 3,000 burritos in just three hours to feed hungry families that evening at the St. Vincent de Paul charity dining room on our main campus.
If you stop in and buy a burrito at La Tolteca that day, another burrito will be added to that total. The Burrito assembly project kicks off at 1 p.m. La Tolteca is located at 1205 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix.
