St. Vincent de Paul Value Store

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is a registered not for profit charity dedicated to serving the less fortunate in our community. Through our store, we sell donated clothing, household items and furniture. Proceeds from these sales help us to support our local food bank and other projects. We help families in crisis through our free voucher system, which allows us to provide clothing, layettes for new mothers, household items and furniture, including brand new mattresses, free of charge. We also have programs that allow us to help with rent, utilities, other necessities, hotel room rental for those in emergency situations, as well as programs that help send children to summer camp. At Christmastime, we provide hampers filled with food, clothing, toys and other necessities for families in need. We receive no government funding; everything we are and do comes from our generous supporters who donate goods and money. Our store sells approximately 90% of donations we receive. We have an excellent recycling program which allows us to recycle clothing, linen, shoes and other items. These “unsellables” are sent overseas, to other charities or broken down and made into new material. Less than 10% of items received go into the landfill. We are environmentally conscious and aware, keeping thousands of tons of items, including furniture, out of the landfills each and every year. Proceeds from our recycling program go to support our many projects. We offer free furniture pick ups weekly. We own a truck that we send from Pickering to Cobourg collecting furniture and other household items in cases where customers cannot drop the items off themselves. Our pick up team is comprised of a driver and one to two helpers. Scheduled pick ups occur every Saturday between 9am and 4pm. Mid-week pick ups can be arranged on a case-by-case basis. We operate on a joint volunteer-paid management team. 80% of our staff are volunteers; 20% are paid management staff. Our volunteers work tirelessly sorting every item that comes into our store. Our management team helps to ensure smooth operations of the day-to-day tasks, as well as ensuring that vouchers are filled and people in crisis situations are made top priority. After all of our expenses are paid (including rent and utilities for our building, diesel and maintenance on our truck, salary for the management team), all ‘profit’ from the store is used to help those in need through our many programs. If you have questions regarding any aspect of our store or would like to volunteer, feel free to contact us at 905-623-7941 or come in to see us. If you or someone you know is in need of assistance, please contact our Help Line at 905-623-6371. God Bless