Vincent de Paul appeal

THE St Vincent de Paul (SVP) charity shops in Dundalk town and Dunleer are participating in the charity’s new national campaign “Donate with Style, Volunteer with Passion.’

The ‘Donate with Style, Volunteer with Passion’ campaign has twin aims; to attract donations and to recruit volunteers.

Vincent’s shops are a hugely important aspect of the service SVP provides to those who seek its assistance.

Approximately 130,000 people sought help from the charity last year. Profit generated by the shops is recycled into local SVP Conferences and contribute to the approximately €35m annually provided in direct assistance by SVP to those who are in need.

The shops also facilitate local SVP Conferences who often provide people with Vincent’s Gift Tokens for clothing and furniture. These gift tokens can be used in any of the Vincent shops.

Speaking at the announcement of the campaign Dermot McGilloway SVP National Retail Development manager said;

‘We urgently need clean saleable clothes that can be distributed throughout our network of shops.’

He added: ‘Men and women’s clothing, winter wear and large sizes are particularly welcome. ‘We also need clean bed linen, curtains, shoes, bric-a-brac, pictures, antiques, collectables and small household items.’

‘Some shops can also accommodate furniture if this can be donated locally.’