Our St. Vincent DePaul group is requesting help with providing warm winter coats for those in need this year.

Thank you to all who are donating to our St. Vincent DePaul Thanksgiving Basket Fundraiser! We are still accepting donations until November 15. Please see our online list of needed items at https://bit.ly/SVDPThanksgiving2021. If you are donating money, please make sure your checks are make out to St. Vincent DePaul. Thank you again for your generous donations!

Do you need to donate items for St. Vincent de Paul? From time to time we are approached by phone, email, or in-person by one of our parishioners asking where to drop off clothing, shoes, small household items, bathroom items, throw rugs, curtains, etc. We do not collect these items at the church, but we DO have a drop-off location for you! The St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store downtown (513 Eleanor Street in Kalamazoo, behind St. Augustine Cathedral) collects items Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. They welcome these items in good condition. All proceeds from the sale of these goods go to help the poor pay for their heat or power, helps to keep them from being evicted, or provides assistance with some relocations. Questions? Their phone number is 388-4544, and their website is https://www.svdpkzoo.org/ (or click on the article title). You can also visit the St. Vincent de Paul Society Kalamazoo Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/svdpkzoo. From time to time they will list badly needed items there. Please go visit them to drop off items or to purchase items to help support their ministry. Thank you.

St. Vincent de Paul is no longer collecting receipts from D & W for the SpartanNash "Direct Your Dollars" program. Thank you to everyone who has submitted their receipts in the past. We encourage everyone to donate these receipts to St. Augustine Cathedral School in Kalamazoo (https://csgk.org/st-augustine-welcome) instead. For more information about the SpartanNash Direct Your Dollars program, please visit: https://www.spartannash.com/corp-responsibility/social-responsibility/direct-your-dollars/ or click on the article title.

A group of volunteers from our St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) group came in on Saturday, March 20 to make meals for the homeless camps in downtown Kalamazoo in our kitchen. SVDP continues to help those who need assistance with utility shut-offs, evictions, and special circumstances. We appreciate all the volunteers who are the hands and feet of God during these troubled times, especially those who are able to help others in need. May God continue to bless our SVDP group in their ministry! If you would like to donate to the SVDP group, please grab an envelope from the Narthex by the main doors and use the SVDP drop box for donations. Thank you!