Employment, Events, Retail-Thrift Stores
Nonprofit will engage community with same-day picnic/fundraiser, tent sale and job fair. EUGENE — Saturday, July 20, just might be the most action-packed day ever planned at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) headquarters. Fun-seeking...
Donations, Employment, Recycling, Retail-Thrift Stores, Uncategorized
Early this spring, SVdP will cut the ribbon on a new retail location in Cottage Grove, Ore. The latest “St. Vinnie’s” will be our first new location since 2022, when we opened the doors at 888 Garfield St. in Eugene. It will be the 14th and southernmost store in St....
Affordable Housing, Emergency Assistance, Employment, Property Management, Recycling, Retail-Thrift Stores, Staff Stories
At its Nov. 8, 2023 meeting, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) Board of Directors voted to promote SVdP Deputy Director Bethany Cartledge to the position of Executive Director, effective Dec. 1, 2023. Effective the same date, the board approved...
Donations, Employment, Recycling, Retail-Thrift Stores
Who would expect modestly sized Eugene, Ore., to become a nationwide nexus for shipments of high-quality products discarded by some of the largest U.S. retailers? But that’s exactly what has happened, thanks to the innovative waste-diversion and revenue-generation...
Affordable Housing, Donations, Emergency Assistance, Employment, First Place Family Center, Retail-Thrift Stores, Shelter Assistance, Veterans, Volunteer
TURNING TRASH INTO TREASURE One person’s trash is another person’s treasure, as the old saying goes. Since opening our first salvage bureau in 1953, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County has proved this saying true time and again. By building a successful...
Employment, Recycling, Retail-Thrift Stores
Turning trash into treasure is a worthy pursuit, by any measure. But “aspirational recycling” is hardly worth its weight in expanded polystyrene foam. More on that later. First, on this Earth Day, we want to tell you more about the environmental stewardship we take so...
