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We Are SVdP: Cari Hansen
DOWN BUT NOT OUT Everyone begins the race of life at a different starting point, and the track isn’t always as linear as we’d like it to be. It’s riddled with obstacles, setbacks and detours. Sometimes we lose the path altogether. But for Cari...
Choosing to live and mend her broken wings
Judy Bullard’s new life at SVdP’s The Phoenix House is leading one way — up. “I feel like I’ve hit my bottom several times,” allows Judy, 63, a longtime addict now sober for 18 months. “I don’t want to die. Too many people around me I loved and cared about, including family, died behind this addiction. I choose to live.”…
Why I Serve Part Three: Mary Sharon
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...
Why I Serve Part Two: Charlotte Helmer
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...
Why I Serve Part One: David Strahan
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...
Unwrap the December issue of St. Vinnie’s Voice!
If you’ve already subscribed to our mailing list, the new issue of our printed newsletter, St. Vinnie’s Voice, will arrive in your mailbox soon. The December 2022 publication includes some exciting news, program updates, and service statistics, and...
Food-room closure will open up new service possibilities
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,...
Wrap up a ‘Green’ Holiday Season with St. Vinnie’s
Kermit the Frog famously croaked “it’s not easy being green,” which might have been true on Sesame Street. But our amphibious friend would surely sing a different tune if he lived anywhere near one of St. Vinnie’s 13 retail-thrift stores in Oregon....