By my wife's Request: Info on St. Vincent de Paul for donations.

[diabeticman]

I will probably get roasted for this but I am honoring my wife's request.

We basically live across the state line from the Area where Paul Ryan did that Photo Op. You also have probably seen the Threads saying how since Ryan's insult on common sense that the soup kitchen is suffering. Donations are REALLY down.

http://svdpusa.org/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mahoning-County-District-St-Vincent-DePaul-Society/215152125241983


If you have it to give and you can see past the religious side --can you donate or give a word of support?

[Ilsa]

1. Which state do I go to in the link to

Direct a donation?

[diabeticman]

2. She couldn't find that in the national website that's why we found the facebook page hoping that

might give that infomation.


She is looking for the address.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. They are in Youngstown, OH.

From their FB page, here's the name/addy to send a check to:

Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society
P.O. Box 224
Youngstown, Ohio 44501

I have one written going into the mail tomorrow.

No matter what you feel about religion, these people serve people regardless of any religion or lack thereof!

[diabeticman]

4. thanks.

[lunasun]

5. I love their resale shops ! one of the best outlets with multi stores

if you dont have cash you can donate items to resale portion of SVDP
Did not know it was their kitchen that had to endure the slime visit!

[Fresh_Start]

6. suggest making the donation to the Youngstown Ohio soup kitchen if you use the national online site.

To make a donation to the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, money can be sent to P.O. Box 224, Youngstown, Ohio 44501. Donations also may be made online. Online donors should specify that their donations are for the Youngstown, Ohio, soup kitchen.

This is from Huffington post story......

[Lisa0825]

7. BE SURE TO INDICATE YONGSTOWN, OHIO SOUP KITCHEN - I put "Barack Obama" in the tribute line

in the online form.

http://www.svdpusa.org/Donate.aspx

[diabeticman]

8. Not to be rude BUT all the St Vincent de Paul tries to say as Political neutral as possible. My

wife do thank you for your support.

[Lisa0825]

9. I felt that since the Ryan supporters were the ones harming the soup kitchen,

I wanted them to know that an Obama supporter was supporting them. I didn't do this because of you or your wife. I did it before I saw your post.

[diabeticman]

10. I understand. I was just thanking you for being generous.

and I just meant Thank you as one human showing your kindness to human kind.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

11. I have to respond to this.

If I read this correctly, the OP is concerned the SVDP is first and formost a religious foundation and seems to be expressing reluctance to support them as such. I may be interpreting this incorrectly and if that is the case, I apoligise.

i am an Athiest. Have been since my early teens but I have had extensive experience with SVDP and have nothing but the highest respect for them.

My formative years were spent as a white, welfare brat in San Francisco. I was being raised by a single mother along with my two siblings in the Fillmore district of San Francisco when the Fillmore was a ghetto. SVDP was like going to Nordstrums for me. The people who worked there ALLWAYS treated me with respect. As a pre-pubescent, I often went there to buy books because I loved to read. Etched in my memory are the times when I didn't have the money to pay for all the books I wanted to buy and how, suddenly, there was a "sale" that allowed me to take home the books I had selected for the few pennies I had. Robinson Caruso among them. Never, not once, did anyone try to push their Religious views on me.

Looking back, at the age of 62, and as an athiest, I have nothing but the greatist respect for SVDP. In my mind, they exemplified what being a Christian is supposed to mean. They didn't tell me how Christian they were, they showed me.

[Whovian]

12. Nicely said.