by John Freund, CM | Sep 12, 2012 | Vincentian Family
A passion for social justice and helping the homeless Michael Perusco has no regrets about quitting the corporate world to focus on the vulnerable, marginalised and the homeless, but admits his experience as a chartered accountant was an asset during his years time...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 6, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The participants in the hugely successful Fourth Annual Pencil Case Project, “To Nicaragua With Love”, which included elementary schools in: Hamilton, London, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, collaborated to send two and half tons of school supplies to...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 6, 2012 | Vincentian Family
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...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Dumping costs St Vincent De Paul Society’s store in Australia $30,000 a year to dispose of the rubbish. It often includes household waste, builders’ rubbish, damaged couches, soiled mattresses and busted appliances. “The weekends are probably the...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 29, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“Humiliation begets greater disempowerment.” Further, “…the government’s refusal to lift payments was like “condemning people for not being able to walk up stairs while refusing to build a ramp” according to John Falzon, CEO...
