Events, Staff Stories, Supportive Housing, Veterans, Volunteer, Youth & Family
You’re invited to coffee and vino with Vinnie’s. St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County continues to gather community members and program directors together for informal information sessions. Join us once a quarter to learn more about emergency...
Affordable Housing, Donations, Emergency Assistance, Employment, First Place Family Center, Retail-Thrift Stores, Shelter Assistance, Veterans, Volunteer
TURNING TRASH INTO TREASURE One person’s trash is another person’s treasure, as the old saying goes. Since opening our first salvage bureau in 1953, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County has proved this saying true time and again. By building a successful...
Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Volunteer
The 2022-23 operational season for Egan Warming Centers, administered by St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP), concluded March 31 after a long, cold, especially trying winter for local unsheltered individuals and those striving to protect them. In fact,...
Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Staff Stories, Volunteer
If you asked Mary Sharon why she volunteers at Egan Warming Centers, the first thing she’d probably tell you is that she doesn’t volunteer; she serves at Egan. For her, it is an important distinction. “I don’t see myself as a volunteer. I’m not a volunteer citizen,...
Emergency Assistance, Shelter Assistance, Volunteer
Sometimes the call to step up and be forward in our efforts comes when we least expect it. That was the case for Charlotte Helmer, who began her journey as an Egan Warming Centers volunteer five years ago. Serving in what she considered a comfortable capacity at...
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...
