How to Donate to St. Vincent dePaul in Davis

We provide urgently needed temporary rental assistance,
utilities assistance, and food.

The St. James Conference of the St. Vincent dePaul Society is a non-profit,
charitable organization under IRS Section 501(c)(3)

Make out a check to “St. Vincent dePaul” and mail it to “St. Vincent dePaul, 1275 B Street, Davis CA 95616”. You can also use your bank’s Bill Pay system.
To send a check by BillPay, all you need is the same information needed for a check. Your bank website will tell you how to have a check sent. This can be one-time or recurring.
Use Popmoney, or Zelle. Send to stvdpdavistreas@gmail.
For “Popmoney” or “Zelle” electronic transfers, do a search in your bank or credit union website to see if it is available. After you set up Popmoney or Zelle on your financial institution’s website or app, all you need to transfer funds to St. Vincent dePaul in Davis is our email address — [email protected]. Also email our Treasurer at [email protected] to let her know it’s coming. This can be one-time or recurring.
Donate a Car or Boat — email stvdpdavistreas@gmail
Donate an unneeded car or boat for a tax credit. Contact our treasurer.

If you want a receipt or annual statement, email our treasurer at [email protected]. ST. JAMES PARISH DOES NOT PROVIDE RECEIPTS OR STATEMENTS FOR ST. VINCENT dePAUL DONATIONS.

The St. Vincent dePaul (SVdP) Conference in Davis, California is housed and sponsored by St. James Catholic Parish in Davis, but is financially separate with a different bank account and Tax ID Number. If you wish to donate to SVdP, you must specifically donate to it. Tax ID: 45-0492351
 

September 29- Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September is special for Vincentians. On September 9, we celebrated the feast of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, who founded this society in 1833. On September 27, we celebrated the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, our patron.

Challenged by a fellow student, "What is your church doing now? Show us your works and we will believe you," young Frédéric and his companions responded by bringing gifts of food and firewood to the poor, saying, “The knowledge of social well-being can be learned not from books but in the climbing the stairs to the poor person’s garret, sitting by their fireside, feeling the same cold that pierces them, sharing the secrets of their lonely hearts and troubled minds.” Years earlier, St. Vincent remarked, “The street will be long and unfriendly, the stairs and the poor often ungrateful. You will soon find charity a heavy burden, heavier than the jug of soup or the full basket. But you will still be pleasant and smile. Distributing soup and bread is not everything. The rich can do that. The poor are your masters, and you will find them terribly exacting masters. So, the more unattractive and dirty they are, the more rude and unfair they are, the more you must lavish your love upon them.”Our world is not a comfortable home for the poor, the hungry. Even in comfortable Davis, the poor are with us. During the first eight months of this calendar year, we provided 389 needy neighbors with $104,947.36 in emergency financial assistance. However, the work of a few is not enough to relieve the suffering of the many. Please consider joining our Vincentian mission of charity.

 For more information about our work, please visit ourwebsite, at www.svdpdavisstjames.org

St. Vincent de Paul Society
Help Line: 530-979-4338

If you would like to lend your heart, your mind, your tongue, and your hand to Jesus, consider joining us in our mission of charity. For information, contact Dave Burmester at [email protected] 
(530) 304-8089

 

     As you consider your gift to the poor through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, in your heart you will also find the good news of  God's love. Donations may be addressed to Society of St. Vincent de Paul 1275 B Street, Davis, CA 95616.