Gratitude
May 17, 2024
Betty Kinser was one of my best friends, as well as a community activist. We met on a political campaign for a woman running for US Senate and continued working on political events, local, statewide and national. Later, as her husband’s dementia increased, Bernie and I became closer to the family as we accompanied them […]
May 17, 2024
Thank you to all those who made the 2024 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive a success! On Saturday 5/11 our McLean County residents came together to Stamp Out Hunger with the McLean County Letter Carriers who collected your non-perishable food items. St Vincent de Paul Holy Trinity Bloomington, IL partnered with Midwest Food Bank & […]
April 1, 2024
On the fifth anniversary of opening the new location for St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Bloomington we would like to share the Catholic Post article commemorating the event. On Monday 4/1/2019 the new St. Vincent de Paul food & clothing pantry opened its doors at their new & current location. The former Corpus Christi […]
January 9, 2024
Dorothy Deany, a long- time volunteer and board member at Saint Vincent DePaul Food Pantry,was named an Extraordinary Woman by the EOW Project of Bloomington-Normal in 2022.Dorothy has earned this honor. Her recognition is well deserved as she is a tireless contributorof time and energy at the pantry. She dedicates her efforts to organize, serve, […]
January 3, 2024
On December 19, the SVDP food pantry worked to support needy families in District 87 by filling holiday boxes with food and household products. State Farm volunteers worked alongside pantry volunteers to complete the process and district employees loaded and distributed boxes to local schools. 110 boxes were completed for the holiday giveaway.
July 29, 2021
One of St Vincent de Paul- Holy Trinity Bloomington’s volunteers, Craig Baker, was recently honored with the Community Service Award presented by the Illinois State Association of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Craig began volunteering at our pantry in the fall of 2018 shortly before we signed papers to move the pantry from the Parish […]