President George Bush (41) was periodically mocked during his term in office for suggesting that government’s limited capacity for caring for the neediest in our society could be supplemented with “a thousand points of light’ of community volunteerism throughout the country. The Spy will leave it to history if Bush’s vision was ever realized, but if anyone is looking for 300 of those lights locally, we can only suggest dropping by the St. Vincent de Paul center on Canvasback Drive in Easton.
In our Spycam Moment, Alex Handy, the volunteer president of St. Vincent since 2008, highlights how the organization’s mission has grown since he took over, but also how it has mushroomed from just thirty volunteers to three hundred during that short period of time, offering 200 bags of free groceries each week.
This video is approximately three minutes in length
Those interested in learning more about St. Vincent de Paul can go to www.svdpeastonmd.org or at:
St. Vincent de Paul
410-770-4505
29533 Canvasback Drive
Easton, MD 21601
Susan Peel says
Wonderful article about wonderful work!
There’s also Care Packs for school children who need meals for their weekends…
And in February “Empty Bowls” will raise lots of funding for all our local food pantries.