Our efforts to meet the needs of the Tampa/Hillsborough County community continue on Saturday, February 14 at the North Campus with our next Giving from the Heart drive-through donation event. Volunteers from the Knights of Columbus and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will be gathered from 9 to 11 a.m. to receive items assisting SVdP and the Tampa Hope homeless shelter.
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With our next drive, the emphasis is on stocking the shelves for a pair of partnered frontline ministries addressing the needs of the financially unstable, hungry, and unhoused of our community ahead during what has been an unseasonably cold winter.
Catholic Charities and the City of Tampa opened Tampa Hope in December of 2021 along E. 3rd Avenue. in east Ybor. Today, the homeless shelter has a capacity of 235 beds: 125 tents and 99 cottages. In partnership with Catholic Charities, Tampa Hope is now nationally recognized. The site not only offers a place to live, but also Case Management, Financial Literacy Classes, AA Meetings, Bible Study, a USF Mobile Bus and Catholic Charities Mental Health Counseling.
Click to View the Tampa Hope Needs List:
- Men’s and women’s underwear
- Blankets, sheets and towels
- Shower shoes/flip flops
- Men’s and women’s shoes
- Laundry detergent
- Four-person tents
- Non-perishable snacks and foods
- Toilet paper
- Deodorant
- Bars of soap
- Brooms/dust pans
- Women’s hair products
- Reusable water bottles
- Cooling towels
- Rechargeable or solar fans
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry provides emergency groceries to those in need from nine locations across Hillsborough County, as well as two thrift stores, which provide low cost clothing and supplies.
Click to View the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Needs List
- Peanut butter
- Crackers, cookies
- Cereal or Oatmeal (individual or boxed)
- Dried pasta, or boxed pasta dinners
- Pasta sauce
- Rice or boxed rice dinners
- Dried or canned beans
- Tuna, or other canned proteins
- Canned soups, stews, pastas, or other canned meals
- Non-perishable, single-serving snack or food items of any kind
- Juice boxes, shelf-stable milk boxes
Additional information and needs list updates will be available on this page as they are received. As always, the church appreciates your attentiveness and generosity for these drives.
