Legwork is Paying Off for LIFT Dad
If you’re a parent feeling down this Father’s Day, especially if it’s due to your own bad behavior, Scott King will make you a promise: Follow the steps necessary and doors will open, revealing a universe of possibilities.
Resident Services: Leading with Love and Light
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Date: Monday, June 15 2020
Author Megan Marshall’s life was in disarray when she came to her new home in St. Vincent de Paul’s Bascom Village. Her story demonstrates the importance of Resident Services workers in making newcomers feel welcome, safe and cared for.
Taxpayer Boost Welcomed by SVDP Statewide
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Date: Thursday, June 11 2020
Oregon taxpayers have the option of donating via the Oregon Charitable Checkoff to a qualifying charity. St. Vincent de Paul, as a statewide organization, is among those qualifying. The actual distributions lag a bit, so monies collected for 2017 became available in 2020 and are like pure gold to the entities that submitted applications. See the good works taking place throughout Oregon thanks to taxpayer generosity.
Temporary Shelter Closures - What’s next for our homeless neighbors?
SVDP has been incredibly grateful to local non-profit partners who have mobilized to provide basic services for the health and safety of our unhoused neighbors. As we move forward, it is imperative that our community continues to advocate for change alongside the unhoused community and nonprofit stakeholders. Together, we can find creative solutions to end the cycle of homelessness.
Long before COVID-19, Hoover Chambliss had no use for long-term care facilities. That’s a conundrum for someone whose trajectory of the past 40 years seems to point in that direction.