Wrap up a ‘Green’ Holiday Season with St. Vinnie’s

Donations, Recycling, Retail-Thrift Stores, Volunteer

Kermit the Frog famously croaked “it’s not easy being green,” which might have been true on Sesame Street. But our amphibious friend would surely sing a different tune if he lived anywhere near one of St. Vinnie’s 13 retail-thrift stores in Oregon. Whether you want to...

At end of Veteran family’s long journey, home awaits

Supportive Housing, Veterans

For Robert and Julie Palmer’s four school-aged children, it probably seemed like one long, fun-filled summer road trip. It even had a happy ending, when St. Vincent de Paul’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program helped the family settle into their...

Early cold means early start for Egan Warming Centers

Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance

Note: We published this post ahead of the Nov. 8, 2022 activation. For most current activation status, visit the Egan Warming Centers program page. Egan Warming Centers, administered by the nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP), is a lifesaving...

SVdP provides Styrofoam (EPS) recycling solution

Recycling

If asked to stop and think about expanded polystyrene, the first question that comes to your mind might be “What the heck is expanded polystyrene?” Quick answer: You know it as that lightweight, rigid yet cushioning white foam-block material that protects all manner...

Estée Lauder, Vital Voices honor SVdP case manager

Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Staff Stories

Sarah Koski, a case manager at the 410 Garfield Safe Sleep Site operated by St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP), recently was honored among Estée Lauder’s Top 100 Global Women Leaders and named a 2022 fellow in the Vital Voices Visionaries program....