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	thrift stores Bargain shoppers and needy families have a place to shop for low cost clothing, furniture, and household items—the St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores. There are 17 thrift stores in Central and Northern Arizona, with five located in the Metro-Phoenix area. Volunteers staff the stores, stock the merchandise, and sort through incoming donations of gently used furniture, clothing, and household items. The thrift stores also serve as neighbor distribution centers, providing free items to people in need. Items that are not given to the needy are sold to feed the hungry, help the homeless, and care for the sick.
	Volunteer to help shoppers find good deals that do good deeds
	kitchen St. Vincent de Paul operates one of the largest industrial kitchens in the Southwest. There, volunteers come together each day to provide 3,500 hot meals to the hungry. Over one million meals per years are served in one of five St. Vincent de Paul dining rooms across the Phoenix area. Nineteen other non-profit organizations are also provided with meals for their clients.
	Help us whip up a little something for 3500 daily guests
	family assistance St. Vincent de Paul has many resources available to working poor families and individuals. The Family Assistance program provides one-time assistance with rent or utility payments to help keep families in their homes. The Helping the Working Poor program works with families and individual clients. Case managers help plan household budgets, and increase job skills to possibly find better paying employment for participants. The Shifting Gears afterschool program gives low-income youth a place to go and a skill to learn. Kids, 10 to 18, spend quality time with mentors and get to take home a bicycle to keep when the program is completed. .
	Everyone needs help unique to their situation, and we are here to help figure that out...
	ministry to the homeless Over 100 homeless people per day come to the St Vincent de Paul main campus in search of a helping hand towards self-sufficiency. Volunteer mentors assess the different needs of each individual. Services and referrals are provided to help the client get off the streets. Follow up assessments and encouragement help with the transition from homelessness, as do special services, such as mental health case management, job training, and substance abuse treatment.
	Our priority is to get the homeless, self-sufficiency; we do that by listening
	medical & dental clinic The Virginia G. Piper Medical and Dental clinic sees more than 1,000 patients per month. An army of volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses, hygienists, along with lab technicians, and clerical volunteers provide critical services to low-income working families and individuals who might otherwise go without health care. Approximately 3.6 million dollars in medical and dental services are provided each year along with health education and prevention classes.
	Our medical volunteers give the gift of better health to those may have gone without
	dining rooms St. Vincent de Paul serves over 3,500 hot meals each day in five charity dining rooms across the Valley. With one of the largest industrial kitchens in the Southwest and a food bank that serves both Central and Northern Arizona, this adds up to over 1.1 million hot meals and 340,000 emergency food boxes per year for hungry families. Special events, like the Family Evening Meal at the Dan O’Meara center, include educational programs for kids and parents alike.
	A safe place to feed the family, let the kids play, and maybe even relax for a bit
	family programming From the Family Evening Meal, to the Shifting Gears afterschool mentorship program, St. Vincent de Paul offers much more than just food for the working poor and homeless families in Arizona. After the Family evening meal at the Watkins campus, the staff and volunteers offer fun and educational programming for kids and adults alike. Volunteers play games and read stories to children, put on puppet shows and help with science demonstrations. Every First Friday there are special activities, including a Kid’s Art Fair - showcasing the talents of budding artists. And parents aren’t left out - they can take advantage of games, exercise classes, or English classes after dinner is done.
	Feeding the mind after nourishing the body - our volunteers are amazing!
	ozanam manor Ozanam Manor is a 49-bed, transitional shelter for disabled homeless adults and homeless adults, age 50 and above. Guests are provided caring, nurturing support while they learn skills to help them make the move to independent living in more permanent housing. Individual case managers and volunteer mentors work with Ozanam Manor guests to create a personal plan for success that includes interpersonal skills, job-finding skills, literacy, and community participation.
	Ozanam Manor serves the disabled and homeless population over 50
	processing center The loading dock at the St. Vincent de Paul processing center is a busy place. Our trucks travel the greater Phoenix area to pick up donated goods and clothing to be given to the poor or sold in one of 17 thrift stores. Volunteers unload trucks, sort items, hang clothing, and price items to get them ready for sale. Call 602-266-HOPE to schedule a pick-up of your gently used clothing, furniture, and household items.
	Our trucks traverse the Valley, picking up goods and clothing to help the poor
	food reclamation St. Vincent de Paul receives daily truckloads of food, either donated by grocery stores or collected by community food drives. Volunteers sort the food and hold it to strict quality control standards. It is then sent to the kitchen or sorted into food boxes for hungry families. St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Reclamation Center processes about eight million pounds of food each year. This translates into roughly one million hot meals and 500,000 food boxes for the hungry working poor and homeless in Arizona.
	One million hot meals and a half a million food boxes for the poor - because of you!
	administration While St. Vincent de Paul needs paid staff to execute daily operations, a significant amount of administrative work falls to volunteers. Some volunteers have been showing up faithfully for years, while others stop by with some precious spare time to help keep the wheels turning. All are welcome! Use your skills to assist the various departments that support the mission of St. Vincent de Paul. Duties include clerical assistance, data entry, copying, filing, grounds keeping and special projects.
	Put your administrative skills to good use, and help keep the wheels turning