In the News – St. Vincent de Paul

Helping Hand Extends to Green Thumb as Pantry Prepares to Honor Gardener

Author: Tom SpaldingOn: Jul 08Categories: In the News

Helping Hand Extends to Green Thumb as Pantry Prepares to Honor Gardener

By Tom Spalding, Communications Coordinator With their horticultural expertise and passion for gardening, Mary Durkin and her cadre of Marion County Master Gardeners used their green thumbs to create a captivating tapestry of greenery around the building...

Giving Back Gives Us All Something Special

Author: Darlene SweeneyOn: Jun 08Categories: In the News, Volunteers

Giving Back Gives Us All Something Special

In the News, Volunteers

The opportunity to give back is so empowering—especially when you have benefited from the help and kindness of others. When you have been a recipient, it’s natural to want to pay it forward, as the saying goes. In fact, we have many people with disabilities...

Pantry Cooking Up More Nutrition Education For Shoppers

Author: Tom SpaldingOn: Jun 08Categories: Boulevard Place Food Pantry, In the News

Pantry Cooking Up More Nutrition Education For Shoppers

Boulevard Place Food Pantry, In the News

By Tom Spalding Clients are benefiting from helpful new ways to shop at the Food Pantry that should pay dividends in their diets. It’s all about expanding the types of resources the pantry provides that focuses on people-powered service. As you may...

Poverty is Abhorrent

Author: adminOn: Jun 07Categories: In the News, President's Letter

Poverty is Abhorrent

In the News, President's Letter

By Paul Ainslie, President of SVdP Indy When you think of poverty in Indiana, what do you see? Do you see lines at the food pantry? Or families crowded into small, rundown buildings? Do you see unsheltered people on the street corner, begging? And how...

Bloom Where You Are Planted

Author: Darlene SweeneyOn: Apr 05Categories: In the News

Bloom Where You Are Planted

In the News

By Darlene Sweeney, Director of Volunteer Services “Bloom where you are planted” is a well-known quote said by the Bishop of Geneva, Saint Francis de Sales (1567–1622). This quote came to mind today as I work from my home office, scheduling individuals...