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SVDP partnering with Papa Johns Pizza

About 300,000 people in Cincinnati are unsure of where they’ll get their next meal. This includes 100,000 children. Papa Johns and the Cincinnati SVDP are partnering to help feed them. See details in this video. Related FAMVIN Posts:SVDP Georgia on “Sequester”Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade – Fashion with a differenceSVDP appeal for famine stricken countries in [...]

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And now Nun Run fundraising motorcyle ride

Nun Run fundraising motorcyle ride set for Oct. 20 The Nun Run will take place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, leaving from the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word at Villa de Matel in Houston and ending in Galveston. This motorcycle ride event is a fundraising activity to benefit [...]

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Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade – Fashion with a difference

Brisbane, Australia – Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade - The annual Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade and Mini Cent Sale, to be held September 16, is shaping up to be one fashionable affair. Held by the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Townsville Diocesan Central Council, all money raised will assist the society to continue its good work in [...]

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No doubt about the “International” in Depaul International

If you held any doubt about the international scope of Depaul International scan through these reports from the UK, Ukraine, Ireland, Philadelphia, Macon, Bratoislavia and innovative approaches to fund raising that included a trustee swimming to Alcatraz and a  1500 mile motorcycle ride Depaul UK resident carries Olympic Torch in Westminster On 26 July 2012 [...]

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“Doorknocking” – leading political figure gives back to Vinnies

 The Canberra (Australia) Liberals Leader has taken part in the Vinnies’ doorknock campaign most years since he was a child and he and his family, newly arrived migrants from Croatia, were given a helping hand by the society. The Opposition Leader says his father Louis was determined the family should give something back to the charity [...]

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Resource for smaller Vincentian ministries…

 ”I wanted to send you an update on a couple of things we have been using over here that may be beneficial to all the smaller Vincentian ministries throughout the US (and world)” writes Patrick McKenzie of dePaul Catholic School in Philadelphia.  He shares the following tip… “We are primed to launch our first online [...]

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Using Facebook to raise $10,000 – Young Vinnies (Australia)

“Young Vinnies” from the University of Sydney  ended up raising over $10,000 in what was possibly one of the largest cross-campus appeals ever conducted! You should all be extremely proud! Related FAMVIN Posts:Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade – Fashion with a differenceSVDP partnering with Papa Johns PizzaVinnies (Australia) call for bipartisan commitmentVinnies Social Justice Update December [...]

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