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Written by Hannah Krafka, Marketing and Communications

The Dayton Foundation awarded the Presidential Grant to St. Vincent de Paul for the purchase of new fundraising software. TeamRaiser from Blackbaud will allow donors to create their own fundraising campaigns on St. Vincent de Paul’s new website. The software is expected to be fully integrated to the Blackbaud database by September and available to the public in the same month this year.

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Written by Holley Mapel, Marketing Intern

Ohio is home for many of the nation’s successful individuals, especially in the game of golf. According to Golf.com, Ohio is ranked as the fifth most “golfiness” state in the United States. This may be made more clear once you learn about 20 of Ohio’s outstanding professional golfers. We think they should be at our 20th Annual Gene Westendorf Memorial Golf Tournament taking place on Friday, July 22, 2016. Even if they can’t make it, you can when you register or sponsor today!

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Written by Hannah Krafka, Marketing and Communications

St. Vincent de Paul Dayton District Council Grows Assistance Area

St. Vincent de Paul has established a new conference in Darke County.  Made of parishioners from the St. Denis, Holy Family, and Immaculate Conception parishes, the group plans to assist neighbors in Versailles, Bradford, and Frenchtown. With the addition of this conference, the Dayton District now consists of over 950 Vincentian members in 36 Conferences. Dayton District Council President John Glaser and Manager of Vincentian Support and Training Sunnie Lain are excited to see the Dayton District grow.

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Written by Hannah Krafka, Marketing and Communications

The Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene has provided a huge resource for children who are homeless: a new playground at the St. Vincent de Paul Gateway Shelter for Women and Families. Members of the congregation collected the funds to replace the equipment for their Common Heart project during Lent. The playground will be installed by skilled volunteers on Saturday, June 25^th. The CDC recommends all children engage in exercise activities and the new playground equipment will keep children active in the summer months.

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Written by David Bohardt, Executive Director

Great ideas spring from noble hearts and loving families.

When Gene Westendorf died in 1996, he left behind a legacy of Vincentian devotion to the poor and homeless served by St. Vincent de Paul.

He also had a life-long love affair with the game of golf.

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Written by David Bohardt, Executive Director

John Harshbarger, M.D., J.D., M.B.A., is the Montgomery County Coroner. In 2013-2015, for every initial of his three degrees, he declared 106 County citizens had died …

… from drug overdoses – 743 lives senselessly lost. That is a 225% increase since 2011.

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Written by Holley Mapel, Marketing Intern

The St. Vincent de Paul District Council of Dayton announces the 20th Annual Gene Westendorf Memorial Golf Tournament. This foursome scramble (shotgun start at 7:45 am) will take place at The Golf Club at Yankee Trace the morning of Friday, July 22, and will be played in memory of an avid supporter of St. Vincent de Paul’s mission, Gene Westendorf.

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Written by Hannah Krafka, Marketing and Communications

Numbers for the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry are beginning to climb; compared to March, eighty more families required assistance last month, making April St. Vincent de Paul’s busiest month so far this year.  St. Vincent de Paul served 848 families representing 3,351 people compared to 790 families (3,020 people) in April of 2015 in the Food Pantry.

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