Services
No work of charity is foreign to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those in need. We offer tangible assistance through person-to-person contact and spiritual services through prayer. We are located throughout Alameda County and provide various services detailed in the accompanying pages.
Free Dining Room
St. Vincent de Paul’s Free Dining Room
is the oldest and only major facility in Alameda County to provide hot meals to the hungry seven days per week. Each day, the Free Dining Room serves 1,000 hot meals to homeless and low-income men, women and children. Additionally, the Free Dining Room provides bag lunches to seniors and those with a medical referral, and distributes meals to 17 satellite locations in Alameda County. Founded in 1976, the Free Dining Room serves 550,000 hot, nourishing meals each year.
St. Vincent de Paul's Kitchen of Champions
is a comprehensive job training program for homeless and extremeley low- income adults in Alameda County. While integrating hands-on food services with classroom instruction, case management, job placement and follow-up services, the mix prepares adults for a variety of careers in the food services industry.
With classes of up to 15 trainees, this is an exciting opportunity for SVdP clients in an area where comprehensive job training is desperately needed. The Kitchen of Champions Culinary Program is just one more step in St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County's commitment to long-term self sufficiency. For more information, contact Reuben Garza at 510 877-9238 or rgarza@svdp-alameda.org
News and Events
Kitchen of Champions Trains would be chefs
November 2007
(from the Catholic Voice)
Thanksgiving at Our Dining Room
November 2007