The Vincentian Help Desk is a lifeline for those who are low-income or homeless, helping people meet their most basic needs for clean clothes, shoes without holes, a warm coat and a bag of groceries – with dignity and respect. Last year the Help Desk served 14,016 people, of which 4,205 were elderly. This included giving away 1,416 emergency food boxes to the hungry, helping 1,284 individuals and families set up their new households, providing more than 500 people with interview clothing and giving back-to-school items to several children and teens. It is staffed almost entirely by volunteers and stocked with donations from individuals, local parishes, community groups and local businesses.

The Vincentian Help Desk is located at: 1175 Howard Street, San Francisco. For more information, contact Vickey Proctor by email.

If you would like to pick up clothing, you can so with a referral between the hours of 9:00am and 12:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. You can pick up household goods between 1:30pm and 2:30pm on the same days.

If you are donating clothing or household goods, please drop them off at the alleyway entrance (Sumner at Howard Street) between 9:00am and 2:30pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Thank you!

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