Donations, Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Volunteer
All of the volunteers who walk through the doors of an Egan Warming Centers emergency shelter arrive there for different reasons and from a wide variety of backgrounds. David Strahan’s journey as a volunteer with Egan began 11 years ago, and through that time he’s...
Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) will cease food-pantry box distribution from its Atkinson Food Room at the Lindholm Service Center, 456 Hwy. 99N in Eugene, effective Dec. 31, 2022. While this closure might come as a shock to some, especially so close...
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...
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....
First Place Family Center, Shelter Assistance, Uncategorized, Youth & Family
On Aug. 1, 2022, SVdP improved access to emergency family services by shifting these resources to one central location — the First Place Annex located at 4060 W. Amazon Drive in Eugene. July 27 was the last day of services at the previous First Place Family Center...
Affordable Housing, Shelter Assistance, Supportive Housing
Like the mythical bird that inspired its name, The Phoenix House will represent renewal and restoration — providing a place where unsheltered women, striving to sustain sobriety, can find peace and stability as they ascend from the ashes of addiction. A new...
