Service - UD St. Vincent de Paul

Weekly Service Activities

St. Vincent de Paul Hotel

The St. Vincent Hotel, sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society, serves as an emergency overnight shelter for men, women, and children in the Dayton area. The hotel provides overnight lodging, evening and morning meals, counseling, medical assistance, and help in securing permanent housing. If you decide to help at the hotel you will be helping intake visitors by putting their belongings into baskets. In addition, you may help serve dinners, distribute needed items to the visitors, and help the staff with miscellaneous tasks around the hotel.

When can you go to the hotel?

Monday - Friday 6:30 - 8:30/9 p.m.
No more than 2 or 3 at a time please

Contact:

Map and Directions

The Other Place

The Other Place is a daytime shelter for homeless men, women and families. The shelter provides one on one counseling, material resources, job placement, and housing information to clients. A homeless educational outreach program for schools is also being developed at The Other Place. If you choose to serve here you will be sorting mail for the clients.

When can you serve at The Other Place?

1 or 2 per time block please
They can also use help anytime 9 - 5

Contact:

Map and Directions

Y.W.C.A. Shelter

This is a battered women's shelter located in downtown Dayton. We contribute by visiting the shelter and playing with the children while their mothers attend classes such as self-esteem and money management, The children at the YWCA range in ages from infants to preteens.

When can you serve at the YWCA shelter?

Monday - Thursday 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Contact: Marty O'Dell

Map and Directions

Gospel Mission

When can you serve at Gospel Mission?

Thursday from 5:30 - 8:00
Need 5-7 people to serve dinners

Contact: Liz Tracy

Map and Directions

Non-Weekly Service Activities

Into the Streets

Within the structure of the Week in Solidarity with the Homeless (W.I.S.H.) week, we perform social and creative service projects to aid people in our community. Our favorite activity is to dress in Halloween costumes and go "trick-or-treating" for canned goods in nearby Oakwood. These canned goods are then given to local food pantries.

Christmas on Campus

This activity comprises perhaps the most cherished tradition on the UD Campus, and we enjoy being a part of it. We adopt some children, and sometimes a whole family, giving them a special Christmas party. We also organize and staff game booths at the Carnival and sponsor decorations for the Mass.

Food and Clothing Drive

This project, though sponsored by us, works with the entire student body in collecting food and clothes and distributing them to shelters and pantries in Dayton. Students are unbelievably generous when they're cleaning out their closets and kitchens before moving back home for the summer, and we take full advantage, filling vanloads and roomfuls of donations, to supply these charities with provisions for the summer months.

SVDP Home Visits

We work with other Vincentians from the local Dayton parishes, attending their meetings and participating in the visits to the residences of families in poverty. This activity provides us with valuable experience in how to treat those who are down on their luck. It also helps us to learn how the St. Vincent de Paul Society helps those in need.

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	Weekly Service Activities St. Vincent de Paul Hotel The St. Vincent Hotel, sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society, serves as an emergency overnight shelter for men, women, and children in the Dayton area. The hotel provides overnight lodging, evening and morning meals, counseling, medical assistance, and help in securing permanent housing. If you decide to help at the hotel you will be helping intake visitors by putting their belongings into baskets. In addition, you may help serve dinners, distribute needed items to the visitors, and help the staff with miscellaneous tasks around the hotel. When can you go to the hotel? Monday - Friday 6:30 - 8:30/9 p.m. No more than 2 or 3 at a time please Contact: Map and Directions The Other Place The Other Place is a daytime shelter for homeless men, women and families. The shelter provides one on one counseling, material resources, job placement, and housing information to clients. A homeless educational outreach program for schools is also being developed at The Other Place. If you choose to serve here you will be sorting mail for the clients. When can you serve at The Other Place? 1 or 2 per time block please They can also use help anytime 9 - 5 Contact: Map and Directions Y.W.C.A. Shelter This is a battered women's shelter located in downtown Dayton. We contribute by visiting the shelter and playing with the children while their mothers attend classes such as self-esteem and money management, The children at the YWCA range in ages from infants to preteens. When can you serve at the YWCA shelter? Monday - Thursday 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Contact: Marty O'Dell Map and Directions Gospel Mission When can you serve at Gospel Mission? Thursday from 5:30 - 8:00 Need 5-7 people to serve dinners Contact: Liz Tracy Map and Directions Non-Weekly Service Activities Into the Streets Within the structure of the Week in Solidarity with the Homeless (W.I.S.H.) week, we perform social and creative service projects to aid people in our community. Our favorite activity is to dress in Halloween costumes and go "trick-or-treating" for canned goods in nearby Oakwood. These canned goods are then given to local food pantries. Christmas on Campus This activity comprises perhaps the most cherished tradition on the UD Campus, and we enjoy being a part of it. We adopt some children, and sometimes a whole family, giving them a special Christmas party. We also organize and staff game booths at the Carnival and sponsor decorations for the Mass. Food and Clothing Drive This project, though sponsored by us, works with the entire student body in collecting food and clothes and distributing them to shelters and pantries in Dayton. Students are unbelievably generous when they're cleaning out their closets and kitchens before moving back home for the summer, and we take full advantage, filling vanloads and roomfuls of donations, to supply these charities with provisions for the summer months. SVDP Home Visits We work with other Vincentians from the local Dayton parishes, attending their meetings and participating in the visits to the residences of families in poverty. This activity provides us with valuable experience in how to treat those who are down on their luck. It also helps us to learn how the St. Vincent de Paul Society helps those in need.
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