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Save the Date!

Here is a list of the dates and speakers for the next five business meetings. Thanks to Susan for arranging this!

9/19, Nikki Contreras, Frisco Family Services
10/17, Linda Christianson, Catholic Charities (tenative)
11/21, Catarina Torres, North TX Catholic Career Development
12/19, Melanie Royer, Frisco Cares Clinic
1/16, John Ernst, Collin Co. Adult Clinic

Thanks To all of you who purchased tickets from St. Vincent de Paul on the raffle of the car, vacation and iPad.  For your information here are the winners:
1st Prize: 2011 VW Jetta Winner is Vina Tran.  She is a Sacred Heart-Rowlett parishioner and bought 10 raffle tickets and gave 9 of them to friends and family. The one she kept turned out to be the winning ticket! She drives 45 minutes to attend mass because she loves Sacred Heart parish.

2nd prize: 7 night vacation. James Egan, is a parishioner of St. Joseph’s in Richardson, Texas.

3rd Prize: iPad Winner Patricia Boggins who is an Assistant Executive Director in Cleveland Ohio and bought her one ticket from Linda Kindel at Mid-Year 2011 in St. Louis, Mo. She received her iPad at the SVDP Annual National Meeting 2011 Dallas.

Inaugural Tournament | October 17, 2011 | The Tribute Golf Club

America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses 2007 to 2010
- Golf Digest

Register Now!

You are invited to participate in a great day of golf at the beautiful and exciting Tribute Golf Links located in The Colony.

This event will support the non-profit St Vincent de Paul conference in Frisco, TX which is dedicated to serving all “Our Friends” in need regardless of race or religion.

Schedule of Events

11:00 am Registration—box lunch provided
1:00 pm Tee Off—Shot-gun Start
6:30 pm Awards/Dinner

Tournament Format

4 person team Best Ball
Shot-gun Start

Prizes:

• Top Three Teams
• Longest Drive
• Closest to Pin
• An Amazing 4 Hole in One prizes

Dinner Only: $30/person; Cash Bar

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please see our sponsor’s page for more information:
http://svdpfrisco.org/wp/golf/tournament-sponsors

Directions

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Register now for the Friends of the Poor Walk 2011

• Saturday, September 24, 2011
• Registration 8:00 a.m.
• Walk 9:00 a.m. to Noon
• Bachman Lake

Registration is simple:

1. Click Here to go to the registration form
2. Type “Frisco” into the search dialog box (upper right – above the “city” column)
3. Our SVdP conference code ID is 6562 – ensure you select the radio button in the ID column for our conference as this is what ties your donations back to St Francis
4. Follow the instructions to complete the remainder of the form.

Let’s get registered and get walking!!

The walk begins at the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, 3052 W. Northwest Hwy.
The Friends of the Poor® Walk is an annual event help worldwide to raise money for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul – a Catholic lay organization of volunteers who offer person-to-person service to those who are needy
or suffering.

Register Today!

Walkers are encouraged to make a personal monetary donation and collect pledges from supporters. Please designate donations to the St Francis of Assisi, Frisco conference.
Help us relieve poverty – one step at a time!
Simply visit www.svdpfriendsofthepoorwalk.org select “Become a Walker”. The process allows you to email a pledge request to all of your friends, family and co-workers asking them to sponsor you through an online donation. When selecting a benefactor, please choose the St Francis of Assisi, Frisco conference.
To sponsor a walker, visit www.svdpfriendsofthepoorwalk.org and select “Pledge to a Walker”. The site will allow you to also “Search for a Walker” if you know the person you wish to sponsor.

Ladies, did you know just cleaning out your clothes can help a family in need? Really!  After you have gone through your closets, you can turn those discarded clothes – that are just like new – into cash to help St. Vincent de Paul help our friends in need.

Two local businesses, Good Steward Consignment and Re-Style Consignment stores in Frisco will take your gently used clothes and turn them into cash to help SVdP help others.  When you bring in your items, just state that you are consigning your clothes for the St. Vincent de Paul Account and the proceeds will come directly to us to help those in need.

Good Steward is located at 6810 Main St., Suite ABC, Frisco,TX 75034, 972-294-5124, web site www.goodsteward.com.  This store sells better brands and designer labels.

Re-Style is located at 8700 W. Main St, Suite 160, Frisco, TX 75034, 214-872-3952, web site www.restylefrisco.com.

Check out these web sites for details regarding your clothes consignments.  Thank you for considering helping St. Vincent de Paul through these two local businesses.

To All SVdP Members who helped with “Bingo For Friends” – THANK YOU!!!

This was our first bingo event and it has proven to be a great success.  We have received great positive response from all the participants and it looks like we will be having this event again next year!   The Fund Raising Committee could not have produced this super “Bingo For Friends” fund raiser without all the tireless help of the faithful SVdP members.  Whether you helped to set up chairs, sweep floors, cooked or served some wonderful snacks, or registered guests; you answered our call with energy and smiles!  We were able to raise over $3000 to help our friends in need.  Next year we will make even more!!!  God bless all of you for your generous hearts and spirits!

The Fund Raising Committee, SVdP

Sunday, May 15th

8 am to Noon
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Rooms C & D

Sign up at: www.carterbloodcare.org, click Donate Blood, click Mobile Blood Drive, enter zip & spon036060.

Linked from the story on WFAA on Tuesday, April 5th

Great News – Our SVdP-Frisco conference will be one of the news stories on WFAA, Channel 8’s morning show and their Our Neighbor Segment on Tuesday, April 5.  We do not have a specific time, but I’m sure it will be repeated during the morning’s news cast.  We were told it would also be on their website under the Neighbor Link.  Their web address is www.wfaa.com.   You will be able to see how your hard work has helped past clients and truly touched their hearts.  We hope this segment will help to inform the area of our organization’s presence and willingness to help those in need.