Top Ten Reasons
to Make St. Vincent de Paul
Your Favorite Charity
(And Provide More For The Poor)
- 92% of the donations received by St. Vincent de Paul go directly to help the poor in our southeast Michigan communities.
- St. Vincent de Paul has been helping the poor in and around Detroit since 1886—Over 120 years and counting.
- St. Vincent de Paul is a catholic ministry, but over 95% of the people we help are non-catholic.
- St. Vincent de Paul-Detroit is rated a 4-star charity, as designated by www.CharityNavigator.com. (Click the link to see where your charity stacks up.)
- St. Vincent de Paul runs a fully-funded summer camp for needy children. (Check out the link below for more info)
- St. Vincent de Paul runs ten thrift stores throughout metro Detroit, offering low-priced, gently used (and some new!) clothing and other household goods.
- Donations can be made at any of the stores (click here for locations), or call for a pick-up. Clothes, furniture, appliances and even cars!
- St. Vincent de Paul volunteers are called Vincentians, and we work out of “conferences” that are located in almost every Detroit area parish. Come visit.
- Our most important work: Visiting the needy in their home—whether home is a house, a motel room, shelter or street corner—Vincentians listen and provide food, clothing, medicine and other critical assistance to those who ask.
- If you can’t join us, then help us help those in need by donating today!
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