Together, we can continue our mission and help your neighbors in need!

 

 

Food Collection at Sunday, 9:30am Masses Continue

Non-perishables for the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s Food Pantry will also be collected at each 9:30am Sunday Mass.  We invite all families with children to participate in this important ministry!  

Or, please drop off your food donations at the St. Julia Parish Center in Weston or, on the back porch of St. Joseph House, 142 Lincoln Rd. (behind St. Joseph Church.)

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Lincoln/Weston gives food, emergency financial assistance and scholarships to our adult neighbors recovering from financial trauma. 

For more information about our organization and charitable work, please see our website: www.SVdPLincolnWeston.org

Thank you for your generosity and help!  We are also very grateful for the ongoing support from parishioners and especially to those who have donations collected after the 9.30am Sunday Mass! 

DONATE to SVdP.

Donations can also be made by check payable to St. Vincent de Paul Society, mailed to: SVdP, P. O. Box 324, Lincoln, MA 01773.

 

 

DID YOU KNOW?

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Lincoln/Weston gives Food, Emergency Financial Assistance and Scholarships to our adult neighbors recovering from financial trauma. 

Since the pandemic, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Pantry has been central to reaching our goal that nobody in our community should face hunger or food insecurity.   

However, we continue to need HELP so we can continue to provide enough healthy food to our neighbors and to those who work or go to public school in our town. The costs of providing food for our 130 registered families at the food pantry have exploded!  In the last two years our expenses have quadrupled and we must rely more than ever on food donations.   Read an article about how the Food Pantry’s food expenses are skyrocketing in the Lincoln Squirrel, the online Lincoln news site.

 

WHO is SVdP and the FOOD PANTRY?

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Joseph Conference, is a Catholic non-profit organization serving those in our midst, who are in need of food or emergency assistance, or who are seeking guidance about availability of other resources.   We believe in putting compassion into action and working on systemic change; we offer person-to-person service to our clients, regardless of their religious affiliation or background.  We collaborate with other people of good will in relieving need and addressing its causes. 

The SVdP Food Pantry is located behind St. Joseph Church at 142 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln MA. Our clients can choose from a large variety of non-perishable items, paper goods, bakery items, as well as refrigerated and frozen foods. In addition we provide lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. The Food Pantry is open twice a month. In December 2020, 122 households, 299 clients were registered at the pantry and had used the pantry within the last year. We give out approximately 11,000 pounds of food every month.  

Even though most of the food comes from the Greater Boston Food Bank, we are very grateful for the much-needed donations we receive from parishioners of our parish, including the children at the 9 AM Mass, and members of the Weston and Lincoln communities. Donelan’s in Lincoln donates bread and bakery items, and First Parish in Lincoln, the Food Project and Land’s Sake donate vegetables to us.   

 

Learn more about SVdP and get involved in helping your neighbors here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are so thankful for the generosity of those who not only donate food to our pantry, but also for the countless hours from SDdV teams of volunteers who have given so much of their love, time and treasure to help their neighbors and communities in need.   See more photos here.