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...

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....

A fire-response update and thank-you from SVdP

Emergency Assistance

  Good day, We just want to give you an update and a little bit of context about Oakridge — a community we’ve worked with for more than a decade to create affordable housing, address Veterans’ issues, open a local store, and implement job training and placement...

Feb. 12 concert by Caldera Songwriters will support Egan Warming Center

Donations, Emergency Assistance, Events

Eugene Caldera Songwriters will celebrate Valentine’s Day with its 10th annual benefit concert for Egan Warming Center from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12. The new venue for this year’s fundraiser is Alluvium Church, 810 W. Third Ave. in Eugene. Eugene...

Egan Warming Center’s 2021-22 season open as of Nov. 15

Emergency Assistance

Egan Warming Center, operated by the nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP), is in place to protect local unsheltered residents when sub-freezing overnight temperatures descend on Eugene-Springfield. The lifesaving program’s 2021-22...

City of Eugene opens first Safe Sleep site, operated by SVdP

Emergency Assistance

Note: This is from a press release from the City of Eugene distributed Oct. 1, 2021: The City of Eugene on Oct. 4 opened its first Safe Sleep site, operated by St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, at 310 Garfield St. The location was one of the first two sites...