To wrap up National Volunteer Week, we want to send a special thank you to each and every one of our volunteers, without whom we would not be able to function. Our volunteers put in hundreds of hours every week here at St. Vincent Place. To put it into perspective, if we paid our volunteers Read More
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Food Bank Running Low on Food
With a recent sharp decline in the food donations coming in, paired with a sharp increase in the number of clients accessing our food bank, we are currently running low on all items. All donations of nonperishables will be greatly appreciated. We are in particular need of the following items, as they are our staples: Read More
March Lunches for Learning Stats
In March, the Lunches for Learning program provided school lunch food packages for families to make a total of 5,485 lunches. Thank you to all our supporters and volunteers who made this possible.
March Period Pantry Stats
We are so grateful to the community for its support of the Period Pantry. In the program’s first month, 78 clients accessed it. Remember that anyone can access The Period Pantry, even if you do not need a full food bank package. Just stop in during the food bank hours and let the volunteers know Read More
St. Vincent Place Closed Good Friday
Please note that St. Vincent Place offices and thrift store will be closed Friday, April 7 for Good Friday. We will reopen for usual operations on Monday, April 10. We wish everyone a very pleasant Easter!
March 2023 Soup Kitchen Stats
Last month, our soup kitchen served 1,246 meals. Thank you to the wonderful teams who worked hard to make this happen: Bethel Bible Chapel Westminster & Friends Team Rita Mount St Joseph Catholic Education Centre The Dinner Party McDougall EnergyCommunity Living Algoma Spadafora, Johnson & Lepore O’Sullivan Funeral Home
March Food Bank Stats
This March set a St. Vincent Place record for the number of individuals helped in our food bank in one month. We are seeing more and more families with children coming to our food bank for help.
Current Food Bank Needs
Our food bank is currently running low on the following items. If you can help by donating some, we would be very grateful. Any donations can be dropped off Monday to Friday 9:30 to 3:30. peanut butter crackers canned meat juice crystals pork & beans Mr. Noodles Kraft Dinner
February Soup Kitchen Stats
In February 2023, our soup kitchen served 1,110 meals, with one Saturday closed for CNOY. Thank you to the teams who made this possible: Nogdawindamin Mackenzie’s Souper Heroes Emmaus Anglican Church Bethel Bible Chapel Algoma Steel Team PUC Knights of Columbus
St. Vincent Place has launched The Period Pantry
St. Vincent Place is excited to launch our new Period Pantry program, supplying menstrual products to those in need. This program can be accessed through the food bank (Wednesdays 4:30 to 7 and Saturdays 11:30 to 2), but clients do not need to request a full food package to receive menstrual products. While regular food Read More