Mary Turner hugs her former Workforce Development Program Mentor Gail Fitzgerald outside of Mary’s newly purchased home in Stockton, California. On a quiet street a few blocks from the Stockton ballpark where the Stockton Ports play minor league baseball, sits a small home with a big story. Built in 1910, the home has [...]
Italian American Club of Pittsburg Treasurer Anna Sorci (left), SVdP Executive Director Claudia Ramirez(center) and Italian American Club of Pittsburg President Vince Ferrante(right) showcase some of the toys donated by the Italian American Club of Pittsburg to help children in need celebrate the holidays. At St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County, [...]
SVdP Vincentian Services Manager Steve Krank beams as he unveils the coats donated by Free Country Apparel. When it comes to affecting change, there is no greater force than a community coming together. On Thursday, December 2nd, 2021, those of us at St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County got to experience [...]
Volunteers and community members sit down to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at the St. Vincent de Paul Family Resource Center on November 25th. On Thanksgiving Day, a collection of compassionate volunteers came together at the St. Vincent de Paul Family Resource Center in Pittsburg, California to feed their neighbors in need. Over 130 families [...]
Joanna of Pittsburg said she was ready to cry from happiness when she received a free turkey at SVdP. Thanks to an extremely generous $15,000 grant from the Bay Area News Group, St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County is able to help families in the County celebrate the holidays this year. [...]
Bill Clarke’s dedication to his work as a “Vincentian,” volunteer is inspiring and motivational. The Dentists on Wheels Pittsburg Free Dental Clinic at St. Vincent de Paul officially saw its first patient on October 7th, 2021. As the first free dental clinic in Contra Costa County, the clinic will provide free dental care [...]
To help a family who aided the US mission in Afghanistan, the volunteer dentists at Dentists on Wheels perform the first root canal at the Dentists on Wheels Pittsburg Free Dental Clinic at St. Vincent de Paul. Photo by Dylan Bouscher, Courtesy to SVdP Due to privacy and safety concerns, the names in [...]
Dr. Jeannie Shimane, Dentists on Wheels Founder Shab Farzaneh, and Dentists on Wheels Dental Director Dr. Neda Oromchian welcome one of the free dental clinic’s first patients, Billy Bowman, as they prepare for his examination. A toothache is a dull, incessant pain that is a sign to visit our dentist. For our neighbors [...]
US Army Veteran Calvin Brown and his young family received help from SVdP’s St. Callistus Branch, which they are extremely grateful for. When Veterans Affairs Peer Support Specialist James Cherry received a phone call from a veteran he helped before, he knew he had to answer it. “Arlesa called me and just told [...]
SVdP Volunteers work closely with their neighbors to help them return to a sustainable lifestyle. Shuttering organizations across the globe, the pandemic has spread suffering like nothing in recent history. Incomes, social interaction, and therapies many in need relied upon disappeared. Here at St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County, volunteer “Vincentians” [...]
