Case Manager Latoya Webb-Elliott says one of her Ozanam Inn clients, ‘H’, is “a model client.” A couple of years ago, he “fell on hard times.” ‘H’ lost his son, ex-wife and her dad in a car accident. “He fell into depression,” Webb-Elliott said. ‘H’ lost his job at MSD and then housing. Last March,…
Family Drops off 1,000 Items
In December, the Lanman family donated roughly 1,000 items to St. Vincent de Paul Louisville. This is the second year in a row they’ve given around the holidays to SVDP, but this time they wanted to do “bigger and better.” Will Lanman says his mother, Florence, led the charge. “Mom is that lady. She is…
Church Group Volunteers at Open Hand Kitchen
On Dec. 29, 2022, a group from Hesler Assembly of God in Owenton, Kentucky, handed out a trailer full of clothing, hats, hygiene products, toys, coats and blankets to clients during lunch at St. Vincent de Paul Louisville’s Open Hand Kitchen. This ministry started 11 years ago because an elementary-age student from their church, Carsyn,…
St. Patrick Catholic Church Donates 1,000 lbs. to Open Hand Kitchen
The men’s club concessions team of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Middletowndonated roughly 1,000 lbs. of food to St. Vincent de Paul Louisville’s Open HandKitchen on November 21, 2022. St. Patrick received almost $2,000 in donations fromits members and bought an assortment of foods ranging from turkeys and green beansto stuffing and mashed potatoes. Rich…
About Our Conferences: St. Patrick Catholic Church
In 2013, Julie Westhoff felt led to start the St. Patrick Vincentian conference, which has since grown to 15 members. “I had been growing in my faith and wanted to put my faith into action,” Westhoff said. “It has been extremely rewarding.” Westhoff’s father was a Vincentian in Atlanta, Georgia, but she didn’t know a…
Market St. Thrift Store Closing
St. Vincent de Paul Louisville’s Thrift Store at 248 E. Market St. closed at the end of December. This location was SVDP’s first Thrift Store and opened in the 1990s. It has been an honor serving the Louisville Metro for a number of years and we appreciate all of the community support at this Thrift…
New Truck for Thrift Stores
St. Vincent de Paul Louisville purchased a new box truck last November for its Warehouse Operations and two Thrift Store locations: 2217 Hikes Ln. at Bardstown Road and 10280 Shelbyville Rd. at Dorsey Lane. SVDP was able to purchase this truck because of a generous grant of $12,000 from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels…
The Generosity of Our Donors
On Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, from 6 to 8 p.m., St. Vincent de Paul Louisville (SVDP) hosted a Major Donor Dinner at the Omni Louisville. We had almost 50 SVDP supporters come and connect with each other. CEO Dave Calzi and Director of Housing and Services Dominique Batts spoke about some of our recent successes,…
Success Story: Donated Bike Helps Young Man Get to and from Work
Joyce Johnson is the Lead Program Aide at Waypoint, St. Vincent de Paul Louisville’s Youth Transitional Housing Program. She is pictured with Chris and his new bike. Someone generously gifted a bike to Chris so that he could get to and from work. Ms. Joyce, as people at Waypoint call her, said, “Chris has been…
Santa Shop a Success on 26th Anniversary
Delta knows exactly what her 9-yearold daughter’s favorite Christmas present will be this year: roller skates. “She’s going to open them and start screaming about the skates. She’ll be rolling on those things all day,” Delta said. Delta, who had some health complications that have affected her ability to work, was one of the many…
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