Join us on March 28, 2024 from 6:30-7:30pm for a virtual education session (hosted on Google Meet) about period poverty and advocacy in Canada. Periods are political! Learn how you can be an advocate for menstrual equity. This session is led by The Period Purse, an organization that works to create menstrual equity by ensuring sustainable Read More
Category: Announcements
H&R Block Free Tax Clinic
We’re happy to share that H&R Block will be offering a free tax clinic at St. Vincent Place again this year. Although walk-ins will be accepted if time allows, we recommend making an appointment by calling 705-253-2770 ext. 201. Use this checklist to make sure you’re bringing everything you’ll need.
Women’s Day Hygiene Drive
The Period Pantry is a program at St. Vincent Place that helps to fight period poverty in Sault Ste. Marie. Women have free access to menstrual products when they need it. On March 8 – International Women’s Day – we’re holding a drive-thru hygiene drive to collect donations of pads and tampons. From 10AM to Read More
A Special Partnership for A Special Place
Local Organizations Benefitting from Sales of Sarlo’s A Special Place January 22, 2024 To best help those in need, Dr. Frank Sarlo has transferred all rights to his book, A Special Place, to St. Vincent Place and Pauline’s Place, allowing the organizations to fully collect all proceeds from sales of the remarkable book. While Dr. Read More
2023 Holiday Hours
As usual, St. Vincent Place will be closed for several days over the holidays. Our food bank will be open as usual on December 23, then closed until January 2. It will reopen for regular hours on January 3. Our main office will be closed from December 23 until January 1, reopening on January 2 Read More
A Special Place by Frank Sarlo
Don’t forget, all proceeds from the sales of Dr. Frank Sarlo’s book about Sault Ste Marie, ‘A Special Place,’ go to St. Vincent Place and Pauline’s Place. The book is available for purchase at several local retailers, and we have copies available at St. Vincent Place as well. It makes a great gift for a Read More
Looking for Soup Kitchen Teams for 2024
We’re in need of more soup kitchen teams to help with Wednesday dinners in 2024. Here’s how it works: Our Soup Kitchen serves dinners on Wednesdays and lunches on Saturdays. Each team signs up for either Wednesday or Saturday, and the teams will then rotate serving the meal on their designated day. (Please note that Read More
Christmas Gifts Program
Although you’re probably only just starting to think about Halloween, our volunteers are already planning for Christmas! Every year, a dedicated group of volunteers prepares Christmas gifts for our Lunches for Learning clients, but they need some help to cover the costs. You can help put a smile on local kids’ faces and joy in Read More
Office and thrift store closed Sept. 4
Please note that our offices and thrift store will be closed Monday, September 4 for Labour Day. The food bank and soup kitchen’s hours on Saturday will not be affected. We will return to our regular hours Tuesday, September 5. We wish everyone an enjoyable long weekend and a safe return to school!
Sign up to Volunteer for the Big Blue Food Drive
It’s that time of year – the Big Blue Food Drive is coming up quickly! We’re starting the search for volunteers and want to hear from you. The Big Blue relies on over 100 volunteers to run smoothly. We’ve got several tasks we need help with, including collecting the donations from curbs, sorting and packing Read More