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You are subscribed to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul e-mail list. Unsubscribe from this list Update subscription preferences Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved. Stay Connected Society of St. Vincent de Paul 210 North Avenue 21 • Los Angeles CA 90031 323-224-6287 • Contact Us Add us to your address book PLEASE DONATE NOW Feed. Clothe. House. Heal. PLEASE DONATE NOW A hot breakfast brings hope The line begins forming every Saturday at 4:45 a.m. outside our Cardinal Manning Center on Skid Row in Los Angeles. For the last 24 years, men and women living on the streets have known that this is the place come for breakfast. This warm meal is prepared and served by parish members who are part of the St. Vincent de Paul conference at St. Basil Catholic Church in Koreatown. The conference members gather at 5 a.m. each Saturday to load up the food that they prepared the day before. Students from their parish join with the adults each week to play soothing orchestra music while the food is served and people enjoy the tasty meal. The music program was formed specifically for this weekly meal program, and gives the teen- agers an opportunity to “feel like I did something great,” in the words of Joshua, one of the participants. But it is not just the homeless men and women who benefit from the weekly service proj - ect. “This helps us, too, I think,” said Joseph Ahn, who is one of the people who helps make this program possible. “I love it and want to do this until I die!” While getting up before 5 a.m. to serve breakfast at the Cardinal Manning Center may not be something you can do, your gifts to St. Vincent de Paul help our residents have food every day of the week. We are so grateful to the St. Basil Conference – and to you – for always reaching out to help our neediest neighbors. Christmas Joy for Needy Children Because of donations from local businesses, schools and individuals, as well as your gen- erous gifts, we were able to provide a spectacular Christmas Giveaway for hundreds of families and children in need. You were truly part of a Christmas Miracle! Last December, our 7th Annual Christmas Giveaway provided toys and shoes to more than 1,000 children from the Los Angeles area. Three hundred and fifty families also re- ceived three bags of food – enough for several meals during the holidays. Nearly 150 volunteers made this event possible, hosting fun activities for the children including face painting, ornament making and coloring. They even got to take photos with Chipper, the CHP mascot. Boys and girls were delighted that Santa Claus showed up at the event, and both parents and the children also enjoyed a special concert of Christmas carols sung by the Sacred Heart High School Choir. As parents thanked St. Vincent de Paul for this “Christmas miracle,” one message we heard again and again was, “Thanks for putting a smile on my children’s faces.” That heartfelt gratitude made the 7th Annual Christmas Giveaway a truly successful event for all our staff and volunteers, too! Partners for our Christmas Giveaway included Sysco LA that supplied 400 turkeys; Shoe Palace that donated brand new shoes for the boys and girls; Navidad en el Barrio, a Southern California organization founded by former NFL kicker Danny Villanueva that provided groceries; CHP CHiPs for Kids; CBS/KCAL; Allen Lund Company; Cathedral High School; Sacred Heart High School; University Prep Value High School; Tzu Chi Foundation; Transfiguration Elementary School; and Knights of Columbus. Thank you! One constant in all the work we do is that none of it would be possible without the gener- ous gifts from you and our other supporters. Thank you for being so generous and stretch- ing out your hands to help our needy neighbors. We invite you to join us as a Shepherd of Hope. Members of this monthly giving program are among the most faithful supporters of St. Vincent de Paul. These monthly gifts help us continue the work we do through Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, bring- ing to even more men, women and families in need. It is easy to become part of Shepherds of Hope. Just go online to SDVPLA.org and click on the red “Donate” button where you can set up your monthly gift. We look forward to welcoming you to Shepherds of Hope and working together with you to help our neediest neighbors throughout 2019.
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Stay ConnectedSociety of St. Vincent de Paul210 North Avenue 21 • Los Angeles CA 90031
323-224-6287 • Contact UsAdd us to your address book
PLEASE DONATE NOw
Feed. Clothe.House. Heal.
PLEASE DONATE NOw
A hot breakfast brings hope
The line begins forming every Saturday at 4:45 a.m. outside our Cardinal Manning Center
on Skid Row in Los Angeles. For the last 24 years, men and women living on the streets
have known that this is the place come for breakfast. This warm meal is prepared and
served by parish members who are part of the St. Vincent de Paul conference at St. Basil
Catholic Church in Koreatown.
The conference members gather at 5 a.m. each Saturday to load up the food that they
prepared the day before. Students from their parish join with the adults each week to play
soothing orchestra music while the food is served and people enjoy the tasty meal. The
music program was formed specifically for this weekly meal program, and gives the teen-
agers an opportunity to “feel like I did something great,” in the words of Joshua, one of the
participants.
But it is not just the homeless men and women who benefit from the weekly service proj-
ect. “This helps us, too, I think,” said Joseph Ahn, who is one of the people who helps
make this program possible. “I love it and want to do this until I die!”
While getting up before 5 a.m. to serve breakfast at the Cardinal Manning Center may not
be something you can do, your gifts to St. Vincent de Paul help our residents have food
every day of the week. We are so grateful to the St. Basil Conference – and to you – for
always reaching out to help our neediest neighbors.
Christmas Joy for Needy Children
Because of donations from local businesses, schools and individuals, as well as your gen-
erous gifts, we were able to provide a spectacular Christmas Giveaway for hundreds of
families and children in need. You were truly part of a Christmas Miracle!
Last December, our 7th Annual Christmas Giveaway provided toys and shoes to more
than 1,000 children from the Los Angeles area. Three hundred and fifty families also re-
ceived three bags of food – enough for several meals during the holidays.
Nearly 150 volunteers made this event possible, hosting fun activities for the children
including face painting, ornament making and coloring. They even got to take photos with
Chipper, the CHP mascot. Boys and girls were delighted that Santa Claus showed up at
the event, and both parents and the children also enjoyed a special concert of Christmas
carols sung by the Sacred Heart High School Choir.
As parents thanked St. Vincent de Paul for this “Christmas miracle,” one message we
heard again and again was, “Thanks for putting a smile on my children’s faces.” That
heartfelt gratitude made the 7th Annual Christmas Giveaway a truly successful event for
all our staff and volunteers, too!
Partners for our Christmas Giveaway included Sysco LA that supplied 400 turkeys; Shoe Palace that
donated brand new shoes for the boys and girls; Navidad en el Barrio, a Southern California organization
founded by former NFL kicker Danny Villanueva that provided groceries; CHP CHiPs for Kids; CBS/KCAL;
Allen Lund Company; Cathedral High School; Sacred Heart High School; University Prep Value High
School; Tzu Chi Foundation; Transfiguration Elementary School; and Knights of Columbus.
Thank you!
One constant in all the work we do is that none of it would be possible without the gener-
ous gifts from you and our other supporters. Thank you for being so generous and stretch-
ing out your hands to help our needy neighbors.
We invite you to join us as a Shepherd of Hope. Members of this monthly giving program
are among the most faithful supporters of St. Vincent de Paul. These monthly gifts help us
continue the work we do through Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, bring-
ing to even more men, women and families in need.
It is easy to become part of Shepherds of Hope. Just go online to SDVPLA.org and click
on the red “Donate” button where you can set up your monthly gift.
We look forward to welcoming you to Shepherds of Hope and working together with you to
help our neediest neighbors throughout 2019.
