Patrick Crowe, who worked with Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance for 28 years and is currently a consulting actuary, enjoys being a generous person. “I’m very blessed with the assets I’ve accumulated over the years,” Crowe said. At 78-years-old, Crowe says his financial focus has shifted from accumulating assets to properly allocating them. “I’m 78 and…
Success Story from Ozanam Inn ‘H’ goes from Homeless to Housed
Case Manager Latoya Webb-Elliott says one of her Ozanam Inn clients, ‘H’, is “a model client.” A couple of years ago, he “fell on hard times.” ‘H’ lost his son, ex-wife and her dad in a car accident. “He fell into depression,” Webb-Elliott said. ‘H’ lost his job at MSD and then housing. Last March,…
Family Drops off 1,000 Items
In December, the Lanman family donated roughly 1,000 items to St. Vincent de Paul Louisville. This is the second year in a row they’ve given around the holidays to SVDP, but this time they wanted to do “bigger and better.” Will Lanman says his mother, Florence, led the charge. “Mom is that lady. She is…
Church Group Volunteers at Open Hand Kitchen
On Dec. 29, 2022, a group from Hesler Assembly of God in Owenton, Kentucky, handed out a trailer full of clothing, hats, hygiene products, toys, coats and blankets to clients during lunch at St. Vincent de Paul Louisville’s Open Hand Kitchen. This ministry started 11 years ago because an elementary-age student from their church, Carsyn,…
Thanks to Our Grantors January – December 2022
From January 2022 to December 2022, we received grants from the organizations listed below. We are so thankful and would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to each entity for making our mission to house, feed and support those in need with compassion and dignity possible last year. • WHAS Crusade for Children• Gheens Foundation•…
VITA at SVDP
St. Vincent de Paul Louisville (SVDP) is providing an opportunity for its clients to get their tax returns completed. In partnership with the Louisville Asset Building Coalition (LABC), SVDP will be hosting the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) services in the Family Success Center from Jan. 23 to April 10. The hours are Mondays and…
St. Patrick Catholic Church Donates 1,000 lbs. to Open Hand Kitchen
The men’s club concessions team of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Middletowndonated roughly 1,000 lbs. of food to St. Vincent de Paul Louisville’s Open HandKitchen on November 21, 2022. St. Patrick received almost $2,000 in donations fromits members and bought an assortment of foods ranging from turkeys and green beansto stuffing and mashed potatoes. Rich…
About Our Conferences: St. Patrick Catholic Church
In 2013, Julie Westhoff felt led to start the St. Patrick Vincentian conference, which has since grown to 15 members. “I had been growing in my faith and wanted to put my faith into action,” Westhoff said. “It has been extremely rewarding.” Westhoff’s father was a Vincentian in Atlanta, Georgia, but she didn’t know a…
Market St. Thrift Store Closing
St. Vincent de Paul Louisville’s Thrift Store at 248 E. Market St. closed at the end of December. This location was SVDP’s first Thrift Store and opened in the 1990s. It has been an honor serving the Louisville Metro for a number of years and we appreciate all of the community support at this Thrift…
New Truck for Thrift Stores
St. Vincent de Paul Louisville purchased a new box truck last November for its Warehouse Operations and two Thrift Store locations: 2217 Hikes Ln. at Bardstown Road and 10280 Shelbyville Rd. at Dorsey Lane. SVDP was able to purchase this truck because of a generous grant of $12,000 from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels…
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