“Much more than a store”

Dallas, Texas was the largest American city without a St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store until a very special grand opening today. The store’s slogan — Much more than a store — points to what a volunteer told The Dallas Morning News: the store is...

High fashion, low cost fundraising

Take $10 of goods from at a St. Vincent de Paul thrift store and enormous ingenuity: that’s the assignment for sixty students in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at University of Cincinnati. RetroFittings is a fashion show with a twist....

Another reason to share good news: the snowball effect

Recently we mentioned the dental care initiative of the Rogue Valley District Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society. Someone else paid attention to local coverage of that story. After reading the newspaper report, a recently retired dentist has offered the...

Small scale fundraising model?

What if people from all walks of life could connect directly with public schools, learn about specific classroom needs, and choose how to help? That’s the simple foundation of donorschoose.org. What do you think about the model? Read about their story and...
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