"The Wheelchair Foundation is a nonprofit organization leading an international effort to create awareness of the needs and abilities of people with physical disabilities, to promote the joy of giving, create global friendship, and to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult in the world who needs one, but cannot afford one. For [...]
St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County is participating in East Bay Gives 2017, a 24-hour online giving day that supports the important work of the Bay Area’s nonprofits, taking place today, May 4, 2017. For the 4th annual day of giving, East Bay Gives aims to mobilize more than 40,000 people to give [...]
On June 17, 2017 The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County and its local branch (Conference) at St. Peter Martyr Catholic Church, Pittsburg will host the very first Spiritual Advisor Training ever to be presented in the Spanish language. The translation of the Spiritual Advisor Training Material has been facilitated by [...]
On Thursday, April 20, 2017 St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County bid farewell to its 9th Cycle of Workforce Development Program trainees. The 24-week program was designed for short and long-term success. It provides paid, on-the-job training and soft skill classes for its participants. Students/trainees take away valuable life skills, knowledge on workplace [...]
Thank you to Discovery & Seeno Homes for thinking of St. Vincent de Paul this past Easter Season! 100 baskets, made by Seeno employees themselves, were donated to us to distribute to our clients! Children from our Dining Room and Day Shelter were thrilled to receive them. The baskets came with eggs filled with candy, [...]
Who is Sheila Gilbert? Sheila lives out the charism of Vincent in all she says and does. She is a strong advocate for “systemic change”- working closely with those living in poverty to better understand their plight and bring this experience to bear fruit through the training of Vincentians Nationally, addressing the root causes of [...]
Jim Noe did it again! If you don’t know who Jim Noe is, he is quite the remarkable man. A decades-long SVdP volunteer, a dedicated contributor to the overall health of the East Bay Community, and now the Humanitarian of the Year for Contra Costa County. On January 17, 2017, Jim was honored for his [...]
Back in December, one of St. Vincent de Paul's former Workforce Development Trainees, Zanetta Fredericks, was selected for Mike's Auto Body's Annual Benevolence Program. For those of us unfamiliar with the program, Mike’s Auto Body reaches out to help their local communities by donating cars to deserving families and non-profit organizations in need. Zanetta was in [...]
After years of inconsistent lighting throughout St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County's Family Resource Center, Community Energy Services Corporation stepped in to save the day. As part of their SmartLights Program, 121 light fixtures were replaced with efficient LEDs. To read more about the experience, please follow this link: http://ebenergy.org/society-of-st-vincent-de-paul-shines-a-new-light/ Thank you, CESC, for [...]
