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St. Vincent de Paul, Middletown Much More than Food and Fellowship

Posted on May 04, 2023 in: News, Volunteer Opportunities

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UConn Students Host a Donation Drive for “Backpacks for Life”

Posted on May 03, 2023 in: Volunteer Opportunities

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The Gift of Warmth - Children Get Free Coats, Thanks to Knights

Posted on January 31, 2023 in: News, Volunteer Opportunities

As many headed out to shop on the day after Thanksgiving, the Knights of Columbus in the Middletown Deanery distributed new winter coats to those in need at St. Sebastian’s Hall. The upper Middlesex councils have joined other councils in Connecticut and North America to give children in need a...

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Knights Food Drive Helps Colchester Community

Posted on December 10, 2022 in: News, Volunteer Opportunities

The men of the Knights of Columbus Cardinal Spellman Council 6107 affiliated with Guardian Angels Parish in Colchester, have completed their food drive to assist our brothers and sisters in need within the Colchester community. The nonperishable food items were collected over the period from Nove...

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Help the Needy: Saint Vincent De Paul Place Norwich Collecting Miracle Bags

Posted on December 08, 2022 in: Volunteer Opportunities, ADVENT

Christmas Miracle Bags 2022 St Vincent de Paul Place will be distributing and delivering roast beef dinners on Christmas Day. On that day, we would like to give each person or family a Miracle Bag. Miracle bags are gift bags that contain items like warm hats, gloves and personal hygiene items....

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Saint Vincent de Paul Place, Norwich, has Volunteer Opportunities

Posted on May 24, 2022 in: Volunteer Opportunities

Saint Vincent de Paul Place, Norwich, is looking for volunteers for various needs. Check out the below opportunities to lend your time and talents: St. Vincent de Paul Place is looking for summer volunteers. Educators / college students consider helping at SVdPP once a week for the summ...

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Catholic Charities Social Media Volunteer Intern Opportunity

Posted on April 21, 2022 in: Catholic Charities News, Volunteer Opportunities

Looking for an opportunity to give something back to your community or maybe you just want to make a difference to the people around you? Want to build your social media resume? Catholic Charities has the perfect volunteer opportunity available for someone with social media exp...

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Calling All Knitters: The Office of Faith Events is Seeking Scarves

Posted on December 26, 2021 in: Volunteer Opportunities

To our gifted and talented Knitters of the Norwich Diocese, please join the Office of Faith Events in reaching out to the community during the cold winter months by donating handmade scarves. Whatever you could do to help support our new “Street Ministry” to the poor would be gr...

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I Was Hungry . . . Matthew 25:35

Posted on November 09, 2021 in: News, Volunteer Opportunities, ProLife

Needs the following for Thanksgiving Turkeys Box mashed potatoes Turkey gravy Cranberry sauce Bell seasoning 6 gallons of half-and-half Oranges Canned soda Pies homemade or store-bought The Food Pantry Nee...

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Call for Volunteers - St. Vincent dePaul Place, Norwich

Posted on May 06, 2021 in: Volunteer Opportunities

Would you like to make a difference in the community? St Vincent de Paul Place relies on and values all of our volunteers. We are currently in need of new volunteers to help with receiving donations into the building, pantry work, helping in the kitchen, and cleaning. We provide train...

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St. Vincent de Paul, Middletown Much More than Food and Fellowship

Posted on May 04, 2023 in: News, Volunteer Opportunities

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Through its soup kitchen and Amazing Grace Food Pantry, St. Vincent de Paul, Middletown has provided meals and groceries to those in need for 43 years. Our soup kitchen opened with a shelter on Main Street in 1980 as a response to homelessness in our city. The kitchen was modeled after what Dorothy Day started in New York City during the Great Depression: a place to get a warm meal and fellowship. Today, we’ve expanded our soup kitchen model to do much more than feed people and provide fellowship. As our community and its needs change, so must our pr...

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UConn Students Host a Donation Drive for “Backpacks for Life”

Posted on May 03, 2023 in: Volunteer Opportunities

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With the generous support of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish and area community on Saturday, April 29th, the UConn students, led by Senior Rachel Poulos, completed a successful donation drive for daily essential items at the Catholic Student Center at Storrs to complete 20 backpacks for homeless veterans in CT. They collected and sorted over 1,000 items then packaged them into individual kits. There are three separate kits, and each kit contains 8-10 items that is put into a gallon size storage bag. The final step was to put 1 of each of these kits into the bac...

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