families volunteering together
It’s been another busy month at St. Vincent de Paul, and we’ve put together a little recap of some of the activities you can learn more about online. Below you’ll find links to lovely photo albums, moving videos, and informative blog posts, and other things you can learn more about via our blog, Facebook page, and YouTube channel.
Let me know if I’ve missed anything – we can always add more. If you’d like to save this digest to…um…digest later, or to forward it to friends (hint, hint) its permanent URL is http://www.helpingthepoor.org/digests/digest06-11. By the way, all of the events and activities below have happened in the last 30 days.
Homelessness
Making the Transition from Transitional Shelter blog post.
One Expense Away From Homelessness, blog post.
Feeding the Hungry
Food-services manager oversees 3,200 meals daily at St. Vincent de Paul
What’s new in our Family Dining Room for June?
Fry’s executive team serving meals in our dining room.
Poppy’s Cup. Kids honor their grandpa by raising money and food for St. Vincent de Paul at an ice skating event.
Volunteerism
SVdP Volunteer Profile series. Videos produced and narrated by Mary Jo West. Featured below are on Facebook page, others will be moving over soon, so that we can all write and read comments about these wonderful volunteers. For a sneak peak at others, see our YouTube channel.
A Personnel Perspective, a series of short videos of staff members and volunteers telling little stories about their work at St. Vincent:
Volunteer Appreciation Event
Fry’s executive team serving meals in our dining room.
City of Phoenix Aviation Department serves meals in the dining room it paid to remodel.
Blog post and video about our new volunteer-run thrift store in Cottonwood.
Home Makeovers
Showered with Love A disabled vet gets a bathroom makeover that was years overdue.
Sewing them Together A tiny house gets a top to bottom transformation.
Charlie’s Tricycle for Freedom Charlie, an elderly veteran, gets his wheels back.
Go Dad! A single dad with four kids had his whole home made over by volunteers from various groups, including an Eagle Scout project.
Amazing before and after transformations. Pairs of photos, same rooms, same angles, before and after Vincentian Fresh Perspectives home makeover projects.
Thought Provoking
Can you share a story about a veteran in your life?
Who serves as an inspiration to you?
Do you think a credit score reflects one’s character accurately?
What are your thoughts on giving cash or spare change to panhandlers?
Event & Visitors
Volunteer Appreciation Event
Bank of America Literacy Campaign and Book Drive to benefit St. Vincent de Paul
Engaging our Supporters
Poppy’s Cup. Kids honor their grandpa by raising money and food for St. Vincent de Paul at an ice skating event.
Testimonials
- Sarah Fey The company that I work for just did a bottled water drive for SVdP. We received 43 CASES of water! I encourage everyone to try to coordinate drives at their place of work or worship. They are so easy, put boxes out, send out emails, hang some signs and that’s it! It is a great way to give back without spending a lot of time. The results of drives though can help so many people! You can contact SVdP for what is needed …. sugar, non-perishable foods, water, etc. !!
- Kim Hatch: Great time volunteering this morning at St. Vincent de Paul…You should do it!
- Catholic Charities Community Services We had a great time volunteering serving the evening dinner last night. Thanks for the opportunity!
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Phoenix Another great outreach event partnering with St. Vincent de Paul for NeighborWorks Week! Where else can we reach new homeowners or those struggling with their mortgage payments with our programs and services? Neighborhood Fairs? Housing workshops? Vendor fairs? Neighborhood festivals? Let us know!
- Sue Fricke Thank you for the warm welcome this morning!!! All of the staff was wonderful! Thank you Blase
- Aldo Gonzalez Support the youth group at St. Vincent De Paul Church by enjoying a meal at Panda Express today before 8pm. Print and present this flyer at one of the 3 panda express restaurants listed in the flyer. Thanks for all of your support.
- La Tolteca It’s set! Our Third Annual Burrito Project, which benefits St. Vincent de Paul of Phoenix is scheduled for Thursday, July 21st here at La Tolteca. More exciting details on the Project to follow!
Hungry for more? There’s lots more great news, photos, and videos on St. Vincent de Paul’s website, Facebook page, Twitter feed, blog, and YouTube channel.
