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Hunt. Fish. Feed.

On August 4th the Village residents and non-residents, young and old enjoyed Venison Tacos for lunch, hosted by the Sportsman Channel through its Hunt Fish Feed initiative, committed to feeding the hungry all around America. More News

Give a man a fish …

The donation of fish from the San Diego nonprofit organization Fish. Food. Feel Good. (in July 2010) has served a dual purpose at St. Vincent de Paul Village. The delicious fresh fish provides a hearty, nutritious meal for residents and the community, and also gives students in the Culinary Arts Program lessons in the art of filleting. “Every student I spoke with told me this was their first time filleting a fish and they were very appreciative not only for the fresh food, but for the practical experience they were learning,” says Todd Bluechel, founder of Fish. Food. Feel Good.

Village residents and Culinary Arts Program students Ron and Shawn, holding fish, with Jacob Titus,
Culinary Arts Program supervisor, and Todd Bluechel from Fish. Food. Feel Good.

Pricewaterhouse Coopers Volunteers visit the Village on July 9, 2010

On July 9, 2010 a large group of PricewaterhouseCoopers Volunteers arrived at the Village to work in three areas. One group was going to work with the Facilities Department to install Bunk Bed “steps” in the PMC dormitory and also work with installing a big screen outside of the BMT temporary shelter, for viewing movies. The second group was assigned to work in the Career & Education Center doing mock interviews with our residents. Residents that signed up for this training dressed in business attire and came ready to be interviewed and be given pointers as part of their work in Career Track. The third group after lunch went of off to do craft activities with the children from Children’s Services. And others mentored residents, another program offered to them by the Career & Education Center. This is one of our regular volunteer groups that are part of the important community support the Village receives regularly – Neighbors Helping Neighbors®.

Volunteers marking Bunk Beds and drilling for installation of the “steps”.

Resident participating in the Mock Interviews.

Craft activities with children from the Village at Jenny Jo Park.

Nick Coniaris, Program Manager of the Career & Education Center giving the volunteers an overview of the department services.

Mentoring group with residents

Pricewaterhouse Coopers Volunteers

Father’s Day Celebration

On June 28, 2010 the Village staff and residents celebrated Father’s Day at the Jenny Jo Park with a BBQ prepared by CAP Students
(the Village Culinary Arts Program).

CAP Student, Alonso Herrer-Najar, attends to the buffet table.

Father's celebrating with their children

St. Vincent’s residents compete in triathlon

Six homeless residents living at St. Vincent de Paul Village completed the San Diego International Triathlon on June 27, 2010. The six formed two relay teams and were honored to compete in a 1,000-meter swim, an 18-mile bike ride and a 6.2-mile run alongside more than 1,500 world-class triathletes. Nick Coniaris, Program Manager of the Health & Wellness program, seven volunteers and three sponsors including Koz Enterprises, Breakaway Training and XTERRA wetsuits supported our athletes on the long road to the finish line.

A visit from Soles4Souls

On Monday, June 7th the Soles4Souls organization visited St. Vincent de Paul Village to distribute new shoes to our neighbors in need.

David Graben (above), the executive vice president lead the efforts to direct the volunteers and Village staff on how to sort and set out shoes by size in preparation to welcoming the Village neighbors to select one pair of new shoes. Each guest (young or old, single or with families) sat down and was greeted then the type of shoe and size was discuss and the volunteer or staff person went to the table to select the shoes, returning to the guest to have them try on the shoes before leaving with a smile on their face, and a Thank You to all for this generous gift.
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