Happy Memorial Day from St. Vincent de Paul

May we never forget the sacrifices many brave men and women have given over the years.  In honor of Memorial Day, the Society's three thrift stores in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oxnard will be CLOSED TODAY.

Only 1 week remains. Don't miss out. Register today!

ONLY 1 weeks remains until THE HIKE of the year!

Don't be left out. Join today! Adults, children and pets on leashes can participate in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's 2nd Annual Hike for the Homeless at 8:30 am on Saturday, April 28 at beautiful Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

Sign up NOW to help the Society's new family housing program for women and children (to open later this year) and the Cardinal Manning Center (shelter). Hike individually or as a team. The group that has the most paid hikers will win $1,000. YOUR Hike can literally help change a life!

If you can't make it in person be a virtual hiker. For more information or reservations, visit http://www.hike4thehomeless.com.

Society's 2nd Annual Hike for the Homeless is April 28

ONLY 2 weeks remain until the HIKE of the year! Don't be left out. Join today!

Adults, children and pets on leashes can participate in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's 2nd Annual Hike for the Homeless at 8:30 am on Saturday, April 28 at beautiful Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Sign up NOW to help the Society's new housing program for women and children (to open later this year) and the Cardinal Manning Center (shelter). Hike individually or as a team. The group that has the most paid hikers will win $1,000.

YOUR Hike can literally help change a life! If you can't make it in person be a virtual hiker. For more information or reservations, visit http://www.hike4thehomeless.com.

Feel free to view a short video from last year's hike that aired on KCAL 9 News.

More info from 'The Murph Report' about the Society's Store in Lincoln Heights

Here is another episode from The Murph Report The Fashion Citizen | Melissa’s L.A. Thrift Haul about the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's Thrift Store in Los Angeles.

From the author...

We decided to split up our thrift hauls into two videos, so here are my thrift finds from the amazing Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. Hope you all enjoy my finds and if you live in L.A. make sure and check this place out! Make sure and stay tuned for Steph’s haul!

Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, 210 North Avenue 21, Los Angeles, CA
(323) 224-6280

XOXO
Melissa

The Murph Report visits St. Vincent de Paul's Store in Los Angeles

This video appears on The Murph Report - The Fashion Citizen | Steph’s L.A. Thrift Haul

This from the author...

Here’s my first haul from Los Angeles from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. Hope you all enjoy my finds and lookbook.

XOXO
Steph

Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, 210 N Ave 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031, (323) 224-6280



~ http://murphreport.com/2012/03/16/fashion-citizen-stephs-la-thrift-haul/

Participate in or Sponsor the Society's 2nd Annual Hike for the Homeless!

A FUN hike for adults, children and pets on leashes at 8:30 am on Saturday, April 28 at beautiful Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Sign up NOW or be a SPONSOR to help the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's new housing program for homeless women and children (to open later this year) and the Cardinal Manning Center. YOUR Hike can change a life! For more information or reservations, visit http://www.hike4thehomeless.com.

Feel free to view a short video from last year's hike that aired on KCAL 9 News.

SVdP celebrates Mardi Gras in style!

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul's Council of Los Angeles held its 2nd Annual Mardi Gras celebration on February 21, 2012 in downtown L.A. Proceeds raised benefit the Society's new Family Housing Program for homeless women and children. For more information about the Society and it's new housing program, call 213-229-9963 or visit www.svdpla.org.

Lend Lease employees help brighten Cardinal Manning Center

Eight employees from Lend Lease in downtown Los Angeles recently spent four hours painting the women/children's section of the Society's Cardinal Manning Center in the toy district of Skid Row.

According to Mike Concannon, senior vice president of Lend Lease in L.A., St. Vincent de Paul's shelter was chosen because "it is within our local community, our office is walking distance from Cardinal Manning and we wanted to make sure our efforts were felt locally."

Concannon indicated the employees enjoyed volunteering their time and helping others in need.

"We (at Lend Lease) know we are all very fortunate. To take time to get involved and give back is extremely important and gratifying."

The employee's participation was part of the company's 16th Annual Community Day in which more than 15,000 employees globally spent time giving back to charities and organizations in their local communities.

When asked about next year's Community Day, Concannon said, "We fully expect to be working with Cardinal Manning again next year."

Thank you, Lend Lease, for your time, support and caring hearts!

Photos (l-r): Justin Mammen, deputy director of the Society's Cardinal Manning Center, talks about the work Lend Lease is providing in an interview with KABC TV News; Khemi Hapangama of Lend Lease volunteers her time to help spruce up the women/children's section at Cardinal Manning.

Words of Society's founder still ring true today for SVdP's outreach

What sets the Society of St. Vincent de Paul a part from other charitable organizations is its home visits from the Society's close to 2,000 year-round 'Vincentian' volunteers in the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara. The word home doesn't always mean a residence, though. It sometimes means a car parked alongside a street, a person living in cardboard box under a bridge, etc.

The following are quotes from the Society's founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam (1813-1853), that still hold true today in St. Vincent de Paul's outreach to ALL people:

“Let us do without hesitation whatever good lies at our hands”.

“Yours must be a work of love, of kindness, you must give your time, your talents, yourselves”.

“We must do what is agreeable to God. We must do what Our Lord Jesus Christ did when preaching the Gospel. Let us go to the poor. Let us learn of Him”.

“Knowledge of the poor and needy is not gained by pouring over books or in discussions with politicians, but by visiting the slums where they live, sitting by the bedside of the dying, feeling the cold they feel and learning from their lips the causes of their woes”.

Memorial Day schedule for Society stores in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oxnard

In observance of Memorial Day, the Society's main store in Los Angeles will only be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, our other two store locations in Long Beach and Oxnard will be closed.

Let us remember the true meaning to this special day - a day of remembrance for the men and women who have died while serving in the American military. May we always keep their dreams alive.

What is Charity?

"You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them."

~ St. Vincent de Paul

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