St Vincent De Paul Society

aka The Society of St. Vincent De Paul, District Council of Sonoma County, Inc.   |   Rohnert Park, CA   |  www.svdp-sonoma.org

Mission

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers compassion in action. We focus on people, working one-on-one with those in need. We offer an open door, free of judgment. We share time with individuals to discover their needs and help them stand strong. We offer a range of services to help people start to move forward, to build a better life.

In the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a spiritually based lay organization, which leads women and men to join together by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering

The essential elements of the Society are Spirituality, Friendship and Service.

Vincentians are drawn from every ethnic and cultural background, age group, and economic level and are united in an international society of charity by their spirit of sharing.

Organized locally, Vincentians embrace all works of charity and justice. The Society collaborates with other people of good will in relieving need and addressing its causes, making no distinction in those served.

Please visit http://www.svdp-sonoma.org.(http://www.svdp-sonoma.org/)

Ruling year info

2019

Principal Officer

Ms. Peggy Wyman

Main address

PO Box 1095

Rohnert Park, CA 94927 USA

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EIN

94-1433890

NTEE code info

Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (P60)

Thrift Shops (P29)

Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy N.E.C. (R99)

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Individual Assistance

In addition to operating our Retail Thrift Store in Rohnert Park and our free Dining Room in Santa Rosa, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Sonoma also provides . Call 707.584.1579 for a referral to individual assistance or stop by the Dining Room.

Neighborhood volunteers (called ), are organized around SVdP Conferences that are located in neighborhoods within the County.

Vincentians provide person to person assistance by visiting the needy in their homes, learning about their specific situation and offering personalized helprovide vouchers for clothing and / or furniture and offer compassionate care.

This is one of the distinguishing characteristics between the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and other organizations who aid the less-fortunate. 

While we are delighted to assist those who seek us out through our Dining Room or Thrift Store, our volunteers try to identify people who might benefit from our services, often going into people's homes to learn the extent of the needs.

Vincentians making the home visit may offer assistance by linking them to our Free Dining Room or Retail Thrift Store; introducing them to our partner agencies for individual case management, job training or government assistance; or offering housing referrals or spiritual guidance.

It is our goal to provide not only immediate help, but also help to build bridges to long term solutions. We help individuals to resolve the issues that put them in a position of need in the first place.

Population(s) Served

Opened in 1984, the Free Dining Room is one of the oldest and largest facilities in Santa Rosa to serve hot meals to the hungry, seven days per week, 365 days per year. Each year, serve more than 90,000 nourishing meals to the .

The Free Dining Room relies on the support of many people from varied backgrounds who in excess of 10,000 hours of time each year. Also many grocery/specialty stores, restaurants, the and other suppliers generously donate over $700,000 of food per year, helping to keep our program cost-effective.



Caring volunteers in our free Dining Room prepare and serve a hot, nutritious lunch from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm every day, 365 days a year.

The Dining Room is located in the Railroad Square area of Santa Rosa, at 610 Wilson Street. Entrance is through the back of the building off 7th St.

For more information about our Free Dining Room, visit our website at www.svdp-sonoma.org call 707.528.7580.

Population(s) Served

In addition to offering and affordable shopping options on gently used clothing, furniture and household goods, we work with local agencies to accommodate particularly needy clients with home furnishings or clothing.  In order to receive emergency clothing or furniture, a referral from a or is required. 



Best of all, unlike many other thrift-store chains, the merchandise you donate to or purchase at our Thrift Store has a . One-hundred percent of our store profits are fed back into our , providing much-needed



Much to the delight of our more fortunate customers, we also serve as a secret source of one of a kind collectibles, unique furniture and vintage clothing.



Furniture (bedroom, living room, family room, patio)

Beds (new and remanufactured)

Home accessories

Artwork & prints

Electronics (see note below) & small appliances

Clocks

Household goods, dishes, glassware, small kitchen appliances

Linens & bedding

Sports equipment

Toys

Books, records, CDs, DVDs

Men's, Women's, Children's - Clothing, Shoes, & Accessories

Population(s) Served

District Council of Sonoma County's Thrift Store partners with West County Community Services to provide a robust job training program to transitional workers. WCCS Job Coach Linda Carantzalis works out of the SVdP Warehouse and Thrift Store where she utilizes her case management skills to place and support employees in retail, warehouse, sorting, floor management, and cashiering positions before moving them on to more permanent job placements in the community.

Population(s) Served

Note:  We accept all TVs, monitors, & computers, working or not for our Electronics Recycling Program!

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St Vincent De Paul Society

Board of directors
as of 06/06/2016
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Randy DeCaminada

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Randy DeCaminada

Luis Penaloza

David Armstrong

Ron Plasse

Louise Mason

Jack Macy

Don Nowacki

Julie La Plante

Dave Rogers

Jack Tibbets

Barbara Stevens