On April 26th, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul participated in an event held by the City for those who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Approximately 240 individuals attended “Registry Week: Coming Together”.
Two of our Thrift Store volunteers assisted in registering people on arrival. Participants were provided with a meal and an opportunity to connect with services appropriate to their needs. Free haircuts were also available.
At the Society of St. Vincent de Paul booth we distributed toiletries, blankets, sleeping bags , snacks, and small articles of clothing.
The City also undertook a Point in Time Count of those lacking shelter to determine the housing need within the community.
SSVP Brant Thrift Store located at 143 Wellington opens its retail for Saturday shopping starting April 15, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
We welcome new and current shoppers.
Shopping: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays AND Saturdays from 10AM to 2:30PM.
Donations: We are accepting non-furniture, non-perishable food, and hygiene product donations on Saturday AND Wednesday mornings between 9 a.m. and noon at 143 Wellington St., Brantford.
Plastic bags and/or gently used reusable bags are also appreciated.
Furniture donations are accepted, by appointment for pick up or drop off, by emailing ssvpbrant@gmail.com with photos of the items on offer, the street address of any pick up location and a contact phone number OR call 519-751-0143
On behalf of myself and the SSVP Brant volunteers, we would like to thank the Assumption College staff, students and community from the bottom of our hearts for all of your amazingly successful efforts on their food drive, We Scare Hunger!
Below is a picture of our food shelves taken Friday October 28 in the morning at the Thrift Store, 143 Wellington Ave. (Yes, pretty much bare!)
The economic fallout of COVID-19 followed by the war in Ukraine is having devastating effects on a great number of individuals and families in our community.
The committee, staff, students, and your entire community have gone a very long way to help alleviate a lot of the pain that many individuals are suffering.
Your collective positivism, energy, enthusiasm, and industry are a beacon to those who have all but lost hope. Despite all the doom, gloom, and negativism constantly portrayed on news and social media, the success of your campaign speaks loudly to the fact that there is a lot of goodness, support and love out there! All it needs is a spark to unleash it …
You have been the spark!
Kudos!
Rosewood House has already served up the fresh eggs, bread, naan and orange juice that we passed onto them from you, on the weekend.
We will use the $880+ donated to buy grocery store gift cards for our neighbours in need to purchase fresh food.
The Brantford Food Bank would also like us to thank you on their behalf for the 1350 lbs. (612kgs.) of food that we brought them from your donations.
Our neighbours in need will benefit greatly for many months from the 11,960 lbs. (5,425 kgs.) of food you have given us.
Yes, the total adds up to almost 7 tons!!!
Yes, you have collectively definitely made the world a better place to live in!
Please pass on our heartfelt congratulations to your committee, the administrators, staff, students, and community members!
Below you will find our article in the May edition of the SSVP Ontario Regional Council’s newsletter, the “Vincentimes”. The feature article is written by Past President and acting Volunteer Coordinator, Pat Lenz. It describes the unique connection that SSVP Brant has between the youth in our community and the work done by the store. Check out the article below.
