McDonald Community Vision Fund to Carry Forward Legacy of Service

Donations, Events

Remarkably, Terry McDonald has been with the organization for 50 of the years represented on that timeline — 37 of those as executive director. He can be credited with transforming a once-diminutive nonprofit into Lane County’s largest human-services organization,...

Sweet! First Musical Benefit for Egan is On YouTube

Events

Members of the Eugene Caldera Songwriting Tribe performed their annual Egan benefit last year at Tsunami Books. This Year’s benefit consists of two one-hour concerts that will be released on Feb. 14 and March 14 on Facebook at YouTube. First of Two Concerts is...

‘Sock It To Me’ shines with giving spirit

Donations, Events

Through its Sock It To Me drive, Eugene Southtowne Rotary donated hundreds of pairs of socks and other undergarments to people in need served by St. Vincent de Paul. A week before Christmas, Ben Mondragon of Eugene Southtowne Rotary arrived at St. Vincent de Paul’s...

A Lot of Heart Goes Into Holiday Food

Emergency Assistance, Events, Volunteer

Article originally published on December 28, 2019. Holiday Food Box recipients were greeted with warmth and a homemade cookie. 3,000-plus Households Served! Handing out Holiday Food Boxes. It’s a gesture of compassion for those in need that St. Vincent de Paul has...

Amid Cheers and Applause, A Veteran Comes Home

Events, Supportive Housing

Article originally published on December 18, 2019. About 50 well-wishers and donors turned out Dec. 10 to cheer as retired Cpl. Bradley Stenson received the keys to his home, House No. 11 for the Veteran’s Housing Project. Eight years in, nearly all the founding...

For A Moment, It Was Huge!

Events

SVdP case manager Sonja Spencer, left, starred in the success story shared by her Connections client, Cherie. Had the stalwart Wheeler Pavilion sprung a leak on Nov. 22, St. Vincent de Paul would have been well prepared with dozens of bright umbrellas poised overhead....