


SVdP’s Teacher Trena Reaps As She Sows
SVdP’s Teacher Trena Reaps As She Sows St. Vincent de Paul is known as many things, but gateway to a new community, complete with role models for a new chapter? For Trena Cleland, St. Vinnie’s has been that and more since she and her partner Robert MacConnell...
YouTube Chefs Inspire First Place Cuisine
A well-stocked pantry gladdens the heart of Shyla Hecht who prepares about 70 home-cooked meals per day for guests of First Place Family Center, the First Place Annex, and the Youth House. YouTube Chefs Stir Inspiration for Tables of SVdP Family, Youth Shelters As...
ESS’s ‘Old Master’ Moves On to Next Home
Thanks to George’s inspired determination, past clients of the Eugene Service Station are not forgotten George Lastrapes pursued his passion for classical portraiture and used it to memorialize others who came to St. Vincent de Paul for help. In so doing, he...
Anne Williams: A Fond Recollection
Former SVdP Development Director Remembers A Friend: Anne Williams. Anne Williams was a study in contrasts. Elegant, long tapered fingers held a pen, or a cigarette, or a well-used trowel or a rambunctious dog. She loved her husband so fiercely and privately, that I...