St. Vincent de Paul
Community Care Since 1953
Community Care
For more than 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 50,000 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.
Yearly Impact
Donated Items
Individuals Sheltered
Residents in SVdP Affordable Housing
Meals Served
Pounds Recycled
‘An Evening to Envision’ — Join us!
SVdP’s fall gala returns Friday, Nov. 7. Get your tickets today and join us for dinner and drinks, silent and live auctions, and great music by Shelley James and Agents of Unity — all while you help us provide pathways to stability for our vulnerable neighbors.
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
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
Affordable Housing Solutions: Hope is on the Horizon
So many hopeful things are on the horizon, it’s hard to know where to begin. But the building at 888 Garfield St. is an excellent starting place! Daylight pours through high windows on every side of this former American Steel manufacturing plant dating to 1957. Its...
Affordable Housing Innovations
Guess who visited our Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park in the Cully Neighborhood of Portland?!? HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge! So glad our residents were able to share part of their amazing story and participate in solutions to the affordable housing crisis in Oregon. ...
Sober living the focus at SVdP’s new Phoenix House
Like the mythical bird that inspired its name, The Phoenix House will represent renewal and restoration — providing a place where unsheltered women, striving to sustain sobriety, can find peace and stability as they ascend from the ashes of addiction. A new...
Store Locations
St. Vinnie’s operates 14 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!
