Category Archives: Food Pantry

Thank you ECI Healthcare Employees

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A great big “THANK YOU” to all the employees and management at ECI Healthcare Partners that participated in the recent Food Drive benefitting St. Vincent de Paul – Traverse City.  Your generosity helped fill the shelves of the ever depleting food pantry we operate that helps needy individuals and families in our community.

ECI Healthcare Partners employees unloading their generous donation

Working hard to unload all the donated food items. Thank you ECI!

The load of donated food overflowed into the halls before it was fully organized

The load of donated food from ECI employees overflowed into the hallway before it was fully organized. Thank you!

 

TC Businesses Support St. Vinnies with Food Drive

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Thank you to the management, employees and shoppers/clients at the following Traverse City based companies for sponsoring a food drive and helping needy families in our community:

  • Dr. Brandon White
  • Edson Farms Natural Foods
  • Biga Better Bagel
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Back In Motion Clinical Massage
  • Discover Health Massage & Bodywork

(select links below)

Back In Motion Clinical Massage

Anyttime Fitness TC - Open 24/7/365

Discover Health Massage & Body Work

St. Mary Church – Hannah Youth Group

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Thanks again to all the young students and Director of Religious Education and Youth Group, Norm Schichtel, for the wonderful donations of food, religious books and other household items for use in the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry, thrift store and soon to be opened Catholic Book & Gift Store.

You were all a pleasure to meet and work with and we hope to see you and some more of your friends every month.  Keep up the good work and you will continue to be a shining example for others to witness.

Volunteer Positions

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Two volunteer position job descriptions have been posted on our website.

We are looking for a few compassionate individuals to serve as Program Service agents.

Additionally, we are in need of a detail oriented, energetic and personable individual to serve as a Food Pantry Coordinator.

Check it out.  If you know of anyone that might be interested, or if YOU are interested, please contact us to learn more about these opportunities to give back to the community and grow and serve.

Re-Launch Announcement

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Donors, Clients and Customers

Please be advised that effective 4/17/2012, and for the next 45 to 90 days, St. Vincent de Paul will be TEMPORARILY closing thrift store operations in order to remodel and re-launch the organization.

PROGRAM RECIPIENTS:

We will still be offering services to those in need.  Please call 231-218-7525 with any immediate emergency needs.  Until construction/remodeling efforts keep us from doing so, food pantry operations will remain open by appointment only.

CASH DONATIONS:

During this phase, we will continue to accept cash donations.  Please consider us and pray for the organization during this time of transition.  Safe, secure online donations can be made at the St Vincent de Paul Donation page , the donate link in the upper right hand corner of most pages or you may send donations by check to:

ATT: Chris Gallagher, Treasurer
Society of St Vincent de Paul
PO Box 984
Traverse City, MI 49685

DONATED GOODS or FOOD:

We will still be accepting limited donations of gently used clothing and furniture along with food.  Please call us to make arrangements for pick-up service.

VOLUNTEERS – MEMBERS – SUPPORTERS

A letter will be mailed to you on or before 4/20/2012 offering further details about the future.  If for some reason you do not receive, please call us.

The vision is to re-launch operations to better serve the community and to ensure the long-term viability of the organization.  For additional information and updates please join our email newsletter by providing us your email address in the upper right-hand corner of most web pages or stay updated at our facebook page or twitter acoount.

We also welcome any suggestions or ideas you may have.  Leave us a comment.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during this process.

Mail Carrier Food Drive

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20thAnnual Mail Carrier Food Drive – Saturday May 12, 2012

Postal carriers unite to help fill local food pantries in Northwest Michigan.

Local members of the NACL, NRCA and U.S. Postal Service will collect food for Northwest Food Coaltion affiliated food pantries serving the five-county region.  Participating mail carriers will be dropping off flyers in mailboxes in the next few weeks with details.Food donations are generally made by leaving bags of non-perishable food near your mailbox on Saturday, May 12, 2012.  If your mail carrier is not participating, you may also drop off donations on Saturday, May 12th at any post office during regular business hours or from 2pm to 6pm at the old Lear Corporation building in Traverse City located at the intersection of South Airport and LaFranier roads.

Volunteers are always welcome.  We need strong and energetic bodies to help load and organize the tons of collected food.  This might be a good event for a sports team or other school/civic organization (Boy Scouts, church youth group, etc.).  Since this is an active event with many moving parts, students, family & friends age 13 and up are encouraged!  For more information contact Val Stone at 231-995-7722 or vals@goodwillnmi.org.  The St. Vincent de Paul contact is Jim Casler at 231-218-7525 or jimcasler@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support.