Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Volunteer
Welcome to Eugene If you’ve worked in the nonprofit world in and around Lane County, Oregon for any period, then it is a pretty good bet that you’ve heard the name Sarah Koski. She’s been involved at various levels of human services across the Willamette Valley...
Emergency Assistance, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter Assistance, Uncategorized
Arrival in Oregon “They kicked me out of homelessness,” Michael Williams likes to say when explaining how St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) helped elevate him from chronic homelessness into supported housing. Michael first arrived at SVdP’s Eugene...
Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Volunteer
On January 12, 2024, a destructive ice storm brought extensive damage and disruption to the Willamette Valley. During that time, the St. Vincent de Paul-administered Egan Warming Centers program activated in response to low temperatures and freezing rains. Three days...
Self-Sufficiency, Shelter Assistance, Supportive Housing
When Kristen Raffin arrived at St. Vincent de Paul’s (SVdP) 410 Garfield Safe Sleep Site in July 2021, she’d already been homeless for more than two years. She returned to her hometown of Eugene, Ore., after nine years in Colorado where she studied and then worked as...
Donations, Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance
Following three consecutive nights of activations, Egan Warming Centers concluded normal operations on Tuesday, Jan. 16, as nighttime temperatures leading into Wednesday morning were forecast to rise back above the program’s operating threshold of 30 degrees F. But...
Affordable Housing, Donations, Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Youth & Family
All we do is thanks to you. You might have seen and heard that phrase used by us here at St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County (SVdP) lately, and there’s a good reason for that. We’re proud of the fact that our St. Vinnie’s retail-thrift stores and recycling-based...
