Society of St. Vincent de Paul: St. Francis Parish Chapter Profile

(St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Chapter on reverse side)

 

 

 

 

Mission Statement:  The focus is on providing emergency assistance to families in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park, east of Hwy. 101.  SVdP provides food, rent and utility assistance, essential furniture and appliances.  It also provides a hot meal program, summer camp opportunities, “back to school” supplies for children, and holiday programs providing food boxes and toys.  Our volunteers provide follow-up to clients when necessary and help the families at all hours.

 

On-going Activities:

 

  1. Responding to the emergency need of families.

Teams of volunteers respond to approximately 15 emergency calls/day from families requesting assistance.

  1. Providing a once/week hot meal program.

Hot meals are served on Mondays for all who come to the dining area.

   

Recent Activities:

 

     1.  Summer Camp program

           63 children were sent to summer camp.

2.  “Back to School” program

130 backpacks were delivered.

     3.   Holiday programs

           Over 200 families were helped with Thanksgiving food and over 300

           families were helped with both food and toys at Christmas.

 

When Meet:   2nd Sunday of each month, 8:30 a.m.

                        4th Monday of each month, 7:00 p.m.

 

Where Meet:  St. Francis Church Food Closet, 1425 Bay Rd., East Palo Alto.

 

Contact: George Chippendale, 856-6350.

 

Key St. Thomas Aquinas Participants: William Akey, John Arnold, Christina Anaya, Ted Baer, Richard Cabrera, Marijane Chestnut, Simon & Laura Chiu, Fred Dietrich, Alvaro & Eileen Fryre, Sr. Trinitas Hernandez, Fr. John Hester, Michelle Hogan & the Thomas Merton Center Costco Crew, Ann Idzik, Chris Lada, Dan Marshall, Bruce McNamara & Daria Walsh, Joan Meyn, Bunchai Ng, Roberta Uebbing, Mike Veuve, and many more participants in the camp program (drivers) and in the holiday programs (packers and deliverers of food and toys).