People Served this Year
Meals Served
Individuals Sheltered
Pounds of Waste Diverted
People Served this Year
Pounds of Waste Diverted
Meals Served
Individuals Sheltered
Support children and families this Spring
First Place Annex is a low barrier shelter and wraparound case management program for families experiencing homelessness in Lane County. It includes: The Night Shelter, First Place Family Center, and First Place Kids.
Support First Place Kids with a donation to help build a new playground at the Annex! Infants confined to living in cars and car seats experience delays in motor skills and development. Children who don’t have opportunities to play miss out on exercise, fresh air, and building social skills.
With your help, unhoused children will be provide with safe, consistent opportunities to exercise, play, and explore outdoors that they may not otherwise have. Your support will help grow in pre-literacy skills, ability focus, and emotional regulation in children.
Coffee & Vino with Vinnie’s
Whether you’re a morning/coffee or evening/wine kind of person, don’t miss these great opportunities every quarter to learn about SVdP’s many community-serving programs, featuring guest speakers from our staff. See more information below, and RSVP here.
Our Impact
For 70 years, St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County’s social service programs have provided supportive resources for individuals, children, and families who live in poverty and/or homelessness, serving 35,000 people annually. SVdP operates more than 1,600 units of affordable housing and two-day-access shelters for families and individuals experiencing homelessness, offers low-barrier employment, and administers many programs that foster long-term stability. Waste-based businesses generate revenue for social services and divert millions of pounds of reusable materials from landfills annually.
Get Involved
Donate Funds
Prevent homelessness. Keep a family’s lights on. Shelter a family experiencing homelessness. Provide affordable rental housing. Help a veteran. There are many ways to help people in need through St. Vincent de Paul.
Donate Items
Donations from the community help us support people in need and raise funds for our charitable programs. We accept a wide variety of clothing, household items, appliances, electronics and more at our donation centers.
Bid Opportunities
In our work in real estate development, renovation and maintenance, and service provision, St. Vincent de Paul periodically contracts with outside vendors in our community.
Employment
We focus on helping people find a path out of poverty and reaching self-sufficiency – being on our team means you make an impact!
Volunteer
Thank you in advance for your interest and willingness to share your time and talents with us. We have many volunteer opportunities for you to choose from.
Cascade Alliance
Cascade Alliance helps nonprofits across the country turn discarded items into a stable revenue stream and source of quality jobs for people with barriers, providing lasting community wide economic and environmental impacts.
News & Events
Bethany Cartledge named to Waste360’s ‘40 Under 40’ awards list
SVdP’s executive director recognized as a next-generation leader in waste, recycling industry St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. (SVdP) announces that Executive Director Bethany Cartledge has been named to Waste360’s 2024 “40 Under 40” awards list, which...
From intern to volunteer: Adrian’s SVdP experience
Career Fair St. Vinnie’s volunteers come to the organization for a wide variety of reasons and from diverse walks of life, but one common thread among most is a desire to do good in the community. For recent University of Oregon graduate Adrian, he stumbled into what...
Community Partners: Sarah A. Koski
Welcome to Eugene If you’ve worked in the nonprofit world in and around Lane County, Oregon for any period, then it is a pretty good bet that you’ve heard the name Sarah Koski. She’s been involved at various levels of human services across the Willamette Valley...
Store Locations
St. Vinnie’s operates 13 retail thrift stores, four mattress-recycling facilities, a used-car lot, appliance recycling and Styrofoam recycling operations, and a robust online book sales department. These endeavors generate revenue for SVDP-provided social services that deliver supportive resources for individuals, children, and families who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
When you shop St. Vinnie’s you are doing your part to help the community!
