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St. Vincent de Paul is Lane County’s largest nonprofit human services organization, helping over 84,000 people annually. We accomplish our mission in six core areas: Affordable Housing, Emergency Services, Homeless Services, Recycling Programs, Retail Thrift Stores, and Self-Sufficiency Services.
By the time most Picnic Supper hosts arrived to decorate their tables, a pirate ship already menaced the horizon, easily identified by the Jolly Roger floating overhead. The Pirates of St. Jude had fired the first salvo in the battle for best decorated Picnic Supper table, and they even brought mermaids and a priest to lead the "Aarrrgh Father."
Coinciding with announcement of a second round of funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to expand sustainable enterprise across the U.S., St. Vincent de Paul was honored on May 16 by a visit from Oregon’s First Lady who's spearheading the State's Prosperity Initiative.
Paul spent a year moving from one spot to another while waiting for legal parking through St. Vinnie's Overnight Parking Program. In this video, Paul tells what that's like, how the Overnight Parking Program helped, and what he'll do now that his 90-day stay is up.
A couple dozen volunteers turned out April 27 to share a potluck meal and the satisfaction of having made a significant difference this past winter for 672 people – the 672 who took shelter at the Egan Warming Centers on one or more nights in late December and January. All told Egan volunteers provided 2,470 beds and 4,940 meals on nights when the temperatures were expected to drop below 30 degrees.
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