In July, our soup kitchen served 1,069 meals, of which 21 went to children. Thank you to our Soup Kitchen teams who put in the hard work to serve so many meals in July! O’Sullivan Funeral Home Team O’Brien Bethel Bible Chapel Team Ruscio Team Rita Bethany Baptist Church Emmaus Anglican Church Mother Theresa Conference
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Deanna Dalla-Vicenza, a volunteer extraordinaire
Deanna Dalla-Vicenza has been a part of St. Vincent Place since the beginning. She was part of the group of volunteers who scrubbed and painted the food bank and soup kitchen to prepare the building for opening as a newly-minted charity. She’s volunteered on the front lines in the food bank and soup kitchen, and Read More
Thrift Store will start accepting donations by appointment
On August 16, the thrift store will begin accepting donations, but by appointment only. To set up your appointment, call the thrift store during its open hours – Monday to Friday 11-3 – at 705-541-9478. Appointments will only be available from Monday to Thursday. If you arrange an appointment that you can’t keep, please be Read More
Thrift Store still not accepting clothing donations
We want to thank everyone who has reached out to us recently interested in donating clothing to our thrift store. Unfortunately, our storage areas are still just too full to be able to accept any further clothing donations at this time. If you’re able to hold onto them for a few weeks, we hope to Read More
June Soup Kitchen Stats
In June, our soup kitchen served 1,084 meals, of which 21 went to children. Thank you to the soup kitchen teams who served meals in June: Team Burzese/Stefanizzi Team Laidlaw Paciocco Murphy & Friends Knights of Columbus (two teams) CSJ Associates Team BDO Team St. Basil’s
June Food Bank Stats
In June 2021, our food bank helped 232 families. That breaks down as: 166 single-person households38 two-person households14 three-person households9 four-person households3 five-person households2 six-person households Based on the costs of each package (if you missed our last post breaking it down, check it out here), that works out to: Single person households = $6,391.00Two-person households Read More
Thrift Store Closed Over Canada Day
The Thrift Store will be closed from July 1 to July 4. It will reopen on July 5 at 11am for usual hours. Thanks for supporting the SVP Thrift Store!
Thrift Store Not Accepting Donations
We have been overwhelmed by the community’s generosity and are truly grateful for your support. Unfortunately we are not able to accept any donations to our store until further notice as all of our storage areas are overflowing. Please do not drop donations off at the door. We have no room left and there is Read More
Volunteer Recognition – Peter Hewgill
This month we recognize volunteer Peter Hewgill. Peter volunteers in our soup kitchen on Serge Viau’s team “Friends Who Care.” This is the team’s, and Peter’s, third year with St. Vincent Place. “Peter is in charge of the kitchen duties for our Saturday lunches,” said Serge. “He gets the soup ready and pours it into Read More
Thrift Store Reopening
We’re excited to announce that the St. Vincent Place Thrift Store will be reopening on Monday, June 14. Hours will return to Monday to Friday 11:00am to 3:00 pm (except holidays) All COVID protocols will continue to be followed – the number of customers in the store at any given time will be capped to Read More