Category: Announcements

We are happy to be offering a free children’s art workshop, providing a fun opportunity for kids who may otherwise be unable to take part in extracurricular activities. Register here for the Art Journaling workshop on Thursday, September 14 at 6:30PM. In this free workshop, kids will learn how to create a visual diary, creating art Read More

Starting in the 2023/2024 school year, registration for the Lunches for Learning program will be completed through your child’s school. Teachers and principals will provide families in need with the program application form. Once completed and returned to the schools, we will collect the applications and contact the families. If you complete an application, be sure Read More

We’ve had several inquiries this week about Lunches for Learning, so we wanted to ensure everyone knows that registration is not yet open. We will have more information about the program in the next week or two, including a new registration process, so keep an eye out. In the meantime, we hope everyone is having Read More

For the month of August, our drive-thru food drives will run from 10AM to 4:30PM. Remember that when you drop off your donation on these days, you won’t even have to get out of your vehicle! Just pull up to our front doors and let our volunteers do the rest! Not sure what to donate? Read More

Our thrift store is currently overwhelmed with donations. Due to limited space and volunteers, we cannot guarantee that we’ll be able to accept all donations, so we ask that you call the store at 705-541-9478 before coming with your donation to prevent potentially wasting a trip. Thank you for your understanding!

To ensure we can continue to meet the needs of the community, St. Vincent Place will be holding weekly drive-thru food drives throughout the months of July and August. Every Tuesday starting July 11, from 10am to 6pm, just pull up to our main doors at 222 Albert St. E. and we’ll come to collect your donation. Read More

If you’ve been to the grocery store lately, you’ve seen the ever-increasing cost of groceries, so it likely comes as no surprise to you that the number of families visiting our food bank just keeps going up.  For example, this May set a record for the number of individuals accessing our food bank at 526. The Read More

Our food bank is nearly out of cereal. Donations of regular size boxes would be much appreciated. (Family size boxes are harder for clients to transport home so we prefer the smaller, regular size boxes.) All food donations can be dropped off to our main office Monday to Friday 9:30 to 3:30. Thank you for Read More