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...
Affordable Housing, Donations, Emergency Assistance, Employment, First Place Family Center, New Developments, Property Management, Retail-Thrift Stores, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter Assistance, Staff Stories, Youth & Family
A YEAR OF CHANGE Many of us will always remember 2020 as a year that shook our lives. The worldwide disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic affected billions of people from every walk of life. For so many, 2020 was certainly a year of uncertainty, fear, and...
Affordable Housing, Emergency Assistance, First Place Family Center, Supportive Housing, Veterans
DOWN BUT NOT OUT Everyone begins the race of life at a different starting point, and the track isn’t always as linear as we’d like it to be. It’s riddled with obstacles, setbacks and detours. Sometimes we lose the path altogether. But for Cari Hansen staying the...
First Place Family Center, Shelter Assistance, Uncategorized, Youth & Family
On Aug. 1, 2022, SVdP improved access to emergency family services by shifting these resources to one central location — the First Place Annex located at 4060 W. Amazon Drive in Eugene. July 27 was the last day of services at the previous First Place Family Center...
First Place Family Center, Volunteer, Youth & Family
Located within SVdP’s First Place Family Center, First Place Kids is a unique program that addresses the multifaceted needs of children and families who are experiencing homelessness in Lane County. Homelessness impacts every member of the family, right down to a...
First Place Family Center, Youth & Family
First Place Dispelled Family’s Shelter Concerns It’s called First Place for good reason. Tiffany and Monica would advise any family to visit First Place Family Center before spending so much as a night in a car or tent. Faced with an abrupt loss of housing, they...
