Category: Announcements

Don’t forget to mark May 9 on your calendars! That’s the day the Senior Singers will be holding its third annual benefit concert in support of St. Vincent Place! Join the Senior Singers at the Moose Lodge at 2pm on May 9 to hear classic favourites. Admission is by donation (nonperishables, clothing, or monetary) and Read More

The St. Vincent Place Board of Directors is currently seeking new members for a three-year term, with the option of remaining for additional terms. Although the Board welcomes applications from all interested parties, we are particularly hoping to hear from those with experience in law, local social and community services, business and human resources, marketing, Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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