Society of St. Vincent de Paul: History, Services, and Fundraising
SUMMARY REPORT
Class talk by St.Vincent de Paul
Prepared By:
Tariq khan, Link Modules Student
Aims of Visit:
Group Aims:
To find out about the work of St.Vincent De Paul Foundation
To find out about fundraising
To find out how students can get involved in the organisation and become volunteers
Personal Aims:
To find out about the background and history of the foundation
To find out about their services and areas that they operate in
To find out about their span of control
Overview of Visit:
1. Introduction to the tour.
We welcomed our geust speakers ????? and ????. They were chosen as representatives for St.Vincent de Paul (SVP) . The talk was held in B14 in front of the joined Link Modules classes. ????? began the talks by describing the history and what the charity does. They outlined the services they provided aswell as the span of control and the different conferences in each community. ????? then described what types of volunteers were needed and the stages of training that they needed to go through. We then had a questions and answers session where we extracted alot of helpful and informative information about the company.
2. Charity History.
The Society of St.Vincent de Paul (SVP) was started in paris by a twenty year old student Frederic Ozanam and a few friends on April 23rd 1833. I took down notes and was so interested that i looked up more information. The Society numbers about 700,000 members in some 148 countries worldwide, members operate through "conferences". A conference may be based out of a church, community center, school, hospital, etc., and is composed of Catholic volunteers who dedicate their time and resources to help those in need in their community. Non-Catholics may join with the understanding that the society is a Catholic organization. 3. Volunteers.
There are two ways a person can volunteer with SVP either as a full SVP Member by helping out visiting those in need, in one of their shops, resource centres,
Class talk by St.Vincent de Paul
Prepared By:
Tariq khan, Link Modules Student
Aims of Visit:
Group Aims:
To find out about the work of St.Vincent De Paul Foundation
To find out about fundraising
To find out how students can get involved in the organisation and become volunteers
Personal Aims:
To find out about the background and history of the foundation
To find out about their services and areas that they operate in
To find out about their span of control
Overview of Visit:
1. Introduction to the tour.
We welcomed our geust speakers ????? and ????. They were chosen as representatives for St.Vincent de Paul (SVP) . The talk was held in B14 in front of the joined Link Modules classes. ????? began the talks by describing the history and what the charity does. They outlined the services they provided aswell as the span of control and the different conferences in each community. ????? then described what types of volunteers were needed and the stages of training that they needed to go through. We then had a questions and answers session where we extracted alot of helpful and informative information about the company.
2. Charity History.
The Society of St.Vincent de Paul (SVP) was started in paris by a twenty year old student Frederic Ozanam and a few friends on April 23rd 1833. I took down notes and was so interested that i looked up more information. The Society numbers about 700,000 members in some 148 countries worldwide, members operate through "conferences". A conference may be based out of a church, community center, school, hospital, etc., and is composed of Catholic volunteers who dedicate their time and resources to help those in need in their community. Non-Catholics may join with the understanding that the society is a Catholic organization. 3. Volunteers.
There are two ways a person can volunteer with SVP either as a full SVP Member by helping out visiting those in need, in one of their shops, resource centres,