St. Vincent de Paul Georgia

i KNOW FOR OVER (20) PLUS YEARS i HAVE DONATED MANY MANY DONATIONS, SO AI CALLED (678) 892-6162 THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE AND SPOKE WITH SOME AISIAN GUY WHO COULD BARELY SPEAK ENGLISH I TOLD HIM THAT I WANTED TO DONATE A QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS AND BOXSPRING HE ASK ME FOR MY PAYMENT INFORMATION I ASK FOR WHAT? HE STATED THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED A $175.00 FEE TO PICK UP THE MATTRESS AND BOXSPING HE STATED THAT AFTER THE PANDEMIC THEY CAN NO LONGER PICK UP DONATIONS AT NO COST I SAID THANKS AND NO THANKS!!!!! THAT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THIS ORGANIZATION THIS IS NON PROFIT AND WITHOUT OUR DONATIONS YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN SO PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS POLICY IF IT'S TRUE.

Very helpful with rent assistance,since I'm still out of work,gave you other helpful pointers

In the lost of my first child, I receive assistance from the Franciscan Diocese who aided in the burial and plot of my precious angel. I could not have been more gracious.

The St. Vincent De Paul Georgia web page claims the following: "Conferences receive requests from clients. Trained home visitors, commonly called Vincentians, conduct face-to-face meetings generally in the client’s residence to understand the clients’ circumstances first-hand and determine the appropriate assistance. The Society provides financial assistance for a range of needs including:

Medical/dental/prescriptions
Rent and housing
Utilities
Food"
This is a partial range of their claimed services.

Recently, one of our adult children, at our urging, called these people at their phone number. All the St Vincent person did was refer our child to the local parish St Vincent. All that local person could do was put my child on a list to assist sometime in the future. There was no "Trained home visitors", no interviews, nothing of that claimed as assistance or interviews.

We have been a donor in the past years to this group as well as to our parish St Vincent. We will no loner donate to this group since they don't do what they claim on their web page.

I had the privelege of volunteering with a program that Saint Vincent de Paul conducts in the summertime, in conjunction with Kraft Foods, that focuses on teaching healthy, cost effective eating and lifestyle habits to underpriveleged children aged 8-13 years old. For most of these kids, the meals they were given at the program were the most substantial meals they would be able to eat, if not the only meals. With childhood obesity at an all-time high, the progressive attitude of Saint Vincent de Paul and their efforts to jump start healthy lifestyle choices for these children is imperative to securing a vibrant future for the younger generation. Staff members at Saint Vincent de Paul took the time to make the meals themselves at home, making enough for twenty children and transported them, as well. St. Vincent de Paul's unwavering commitment to bettering the community is unmatched, from camps, well providing discounted business- professional clothing to help people find jobs and get back on their feet, emergency bags with food when families find themselves in a crisis, and so much more. This organization receives nothing but my highest respect and praise.

It is truly amazing to see all of the great work that St. Vincent de Paul of Atlanta does. Every time I am in their support center and see the people that are getting the needed help it is inspiring. Everyone that works in the organization has a common goal and works together to achieve their goals.

I have worked with St. Vincent DePaul for almost 10 years and am constantly impressed with the level of service they deliver to the communities they serve. Most importantly, they constantly strive to lower operating costs to ensure every dollar they bring in gets its highest value when redeployed back into the community. Keep up the great work!

For more than 100 years in north and middle Georgia, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's thousands of volunteers have met people in need where they are, in their homes, at local restaurants, at their local churches, to conduct individual needs assessments in order to customize poverty relief services which address immediate needs and teach ways to improve their capacity to become self-sufficient.

We are only 1 of 3 agencies in our entire county that provides direct aid to our community. We have affected in a positive way over thousands of families in the last 4 years by buying meds., feeding, paying utilities, rent, mortgages, car ins., and sometimes, just being there to listen to their stories. It a great blessing to be able to serve our community in such a way.

We help to feed, clothe and shelter people in our community who have nowhere else to turn. We visit them in their homes and try to bring comfort as well as financial and food assistance.