LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A Louisville charity that provides free meals to the poor and homeless got a helping hand itself Saturday as volunteers from Honeywell helped the organization with much needed improvements to its facilities. About 35 volunteers helped to repaint St. Vincent de Paul’s Open Hand Kitchen, located in a former church sanctuary….
Archives for 2014
St. Vincent Success Center Opens
Bailey Loosemore, bloosemore@courier-journal.com For a single parent of two teenagers, after-school activities don’t come cheap. Craig Acres used to take his 13-year-old twins, Jasmine and Jeffrey, to play basketball, visit parks, walk around the zoo — anything to keep them out of trouble. But costs were adding up for the residents of the St. Vincent de…
We Did It!
Thanks to all who responded to our Calls to Action! St. Vincent de Paul | Louisville now has earned $5,000 for our new Food Pantry, because we were able to keep Dare to Care Food Bank, our primary food supplier, in Walmart’s Fight Hunger Spark Change Top 50 Food Banks in America campaign that ended…
October 2014 Good Samaritan
Don’t Look Now, But…
Last place, with only hours to go… We are in danger of losing $5,000 for St. Vincent de Paul’s new Food Pantry. Don’t let that happen. Vote now!
Don’t Let Our Food Pantry Lose $5K!
ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT! Post by St. Vincent de Paul Louisville. VOTE for ‘Dare to Care Food Bank’ in the 2014 WALMART FIGHT HUNGER SPARK CHANGE Campaign, and Help St. Vincent de Paul | Louisville Earn $5,000! St. Vincent de Paul’s goal is to help our partner agency, Dare to Care, be one of the…
Fox41 Story on ‘Chef Charlie’
Link to the Fox41 video is here. By Valerie ChinnLOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) Bacon peppercorn crusted pork loin, slow roasted with a house made buffalo wing sauce. Hungry yet? A barber shop owner turned in his scissors for a knife, to change careers and get a culinary degree. Charlie Shunnarah now plans each meal meticulously. “Today we’re…
September 2014 Good Samaritan
August 2014 Good Samaritan
Dominican Brothers Learn at SVDP
Each summer St. Vincent de Paul welcomes to our campus two men from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., who are studying for the priesthood. They arrive seeking pastoral experience and are eager to learn more about our mission of service to the poor and homeless. (Left to right) Brothers Justin and Norbert…