Category: News

  • SVdP Walk For Hope 2025

    Join us for the SVdP Walk for Hope—a day of community, compassion, and action!

    September 21, 2025

    We’ll kick off the afternoon with a fun, family-friendly tailgate at 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM featuring food, and fellowship. Check-in for the walk/run will open at 2:00 PM, and the walk will begin at 3:00 PM as we walk together to bring hope to our neighbors in need. Walk route options include: 5k, 1.5 miles, and 1/4 mile loop around the Parkview Field Concourse.

    Why Walk?

    Every step you take and every dollar you raise will directly impact individuals and families in Northeast Indiana who are struggling with poverty, hunger, and crisis situations. 100% of the proceeds go back into our community to provide critical assistance with food, rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

    How You Can Help:

    Register to walk and invite your friends & family!
    Fundraise to make an even bigger impact—set a goal and rally your network.
    Donate if you can’t attend but want to support the cause.

    Let’s come together to lift up those who need it most. Your support helps us bring hope where it’s needed the most!

  • SVdP Teen Service Week 2025

    Join us for Season 5 of SVdP Teen Service Week!

    You will get to work with our Carpenter’s Sons Ministry, a group of amazing carpenters, to learn new skills while helping someone in our community! Projects include things like rebuilding decks, building wheelchair ramps, and many other fun carpentry and home repair opportunities.

    The program runs from Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, and you will work with a group of other teens, and several experienced carpenters.

    Lunches and snacks will be provided each day, along with plenty of water.

    You will have the opportunity to work with power tools, but it is not a requirement to join us. There are plenty of things to do at each job that don’t require using a power tool. But, if you want to try your hand at it—and you have permission from your parents—we have experienced carpenters happy to teach you how!

    Spots are limited! So, fill out the form below to reserve your spot today!

  • SVdP Teen Service Week 2025

    Join us for Season 5 of SVdP Teen Service Week!

    You will get to work with our Carpenter’s Sons Ministry, a group of amazing carpenters, to learn new skills while helping someone in our community! Projects include things like rebuilding decks, building wheelchair ramps, and many other fun carpentry and home repair opportunities.

    The program runs from Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, and you will work with a group of other teens, and several experienced carpenters.

    Lunches and snacks will be provided each day, along with plenty of water.

    You will have the opportunity to work with power tools, but it is not a requirement to join us. There are plenty of things to do at each job that don’t require using a power tool. But, if you want to try your hand at it—and you have permission from your parents—we have experienced carpenters happy to teach you how!

    Spots are limited! So, fill out the form below to reserve your spot today!

  • Thank You to our Friends & Sponsors — 2024 Friends of the Poor® Walk & Tailgate

    8th Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk & Tailgate!

    A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended or donated to our Friends of the Poor® Walk & Tailgate! Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $89,000 to support local families in need. Every dollar raised will go directly to assist the most vulnerable in our community. Through your support, the Society of St Vincent de Paul — Fort Wayne will continue to serve with love and compassion, providing essential resources like food, rent, utilities, clothing, furniture, and transportation to those in need.

    For a great overview of the event, read the story in Today’s Catholic!

    To donate, click here!

    Thank you to our generous sponsors: