Worth of Clothes, Furniture, Other Goods Donated in Our Community
Individuals Sheltered
Residents in SVdP Affordable Housing
Meals Served
Pounds Recycled
Support children and families this Spring
First Place Annex is a low barrier shelter and wraparound case management program for families experiencing homelessness in Lane County. It includes: The Night Shelter, First Place Family Center, and First Place Kids.
Support First Place Kids with a donation to help build a new playground at the Annex! Infants confined to living in cars and car seats experience delays in motor skills and development. Children who don’t have opportunities to play miss out on exercise, fresh air, and building social skills.
With your help, unhoused children will be provide with safe, consistent opportunities to exercise, play, and explore outdoors that they may not otherwise have. Your support will help grow in pre-literacy skills, ability focus, and emotional regulation in children.
Coffee & Vino with Vinnie’s
Whether you’re a morning/coffee or evening/wine kind of person, don’t miss these great opportunities every quarter to learn about SVdP’s many community-serving programs, featuring guest speakers from our staff. See more information below, and RSVP here.
Our Impact
For 70 years, St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County’s social service programs have provided supportive resources for individuals, children, and families who live in poverty and/or homelessness, serving 35,000 people annually. SVdP operates more than 1,600 units of affordable housing and two-day-access shelters for families and individuals experiencing homelessness, offers low-barrier employment, and administers many programs that foster long-term stability. Waste-based businesses generate revenue for social services and divert millions of pounds of reusable materials from landfills annually.
Get Involved
Donate Funds
Prevent homelessness. Keep a family’s lights on. Shelter a family experiencing homelessness. Provide affordable rental housing. Help a veteran. There are many ways to help people in need through St. Vincent de Paul.
Donate Items
Donations from the community help us support people in need and raise funds for our charitable programs. We accept a wide variety of clothing, household items, appliances, electronics and more at our donation centers.
Bid Opportunities
In our work in real estate development, renovation and maintenance, and service provision, St. Vincent de Paul periodically contracts with outside vendors in our community.
Employment
We focus on helping people find a path out of poverty and reaching self-sufficiency – being on our team means you make an impact!
Volunteer
Thank you in advance for your interest and willingness to share your time and talents with us. We have many volunteer opportunities for you to choose from.
Cascade Alliance
Cascade Alliance helps nonprofits across the country turn discarded items into a stable revenue stream and source of quality jobs for people with barriers, providing lasting community wide economic and environmental impacts.
News & Events
Community Partners: Sarah A. Koski
Welcome to Eugene If you’ve worked in the nonprofit world in and around Lane County, Oregon for any period, then it is a pretty good bet that you’ve heard the name Sarah Koski. She’s been involved at various levels of human services across the Willamette Valley...
St. Vinnie’s celebrates new Cottage Grove store with sale
COTTAGE GROVE, ORE. — On Thursday, March 14, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) will open its new St. Vinnie’s store location at 910 Row River Road in Cottage Grove. With 15,485 square feet of retail space and 4,230 square feet for materials sorting and...
SVdP recycles 22 million pounds of waste in 2023
A History of Second Chances Since its incorporation in 1955, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) has been dedicated to diverting material from the waste stream and turning it into a sustainable revenue stream to support the neediest in our community....
Store Locations
St. Vinnie’s operates 13 retail thrift stores, four mattress-recycling facilities, a used-car lot, appliance recycling and Styrofoam recycling operations, and a robust online book sales department. These endeavors generate revenue for SVDP-provided social services that deliver supportive resources for individuals, children, and families who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
When you shop St. Vinnie’s you are doing your part to help the community!