SVDP 2025 Annual Report

Thank you to the members of St. Clement parish for your generous, ongoing support of the work of our conference. Your help has made and will continue to make a difference in the lives of our neighbours-in-need who are facing financial hardship. Your poor box donations totaled $30,750 and the annual Christmas collection totaled $19,069.

We would like to acknowledge the support of the St. Clement school community also. For many years they have been donating gift cards to our Christmas outreach project. This past December they donated gift cards valued at $150 and cash donation of $625 which was included with our annual collection. We are immensely grateful.

In 2025 we made 360 visits to 37 homes composed of 75 adults and 17 children.

During the year we spend $42,876 on grocery vouchers, we purchased Salvation Army gift cards totaling $3,635.00 for clothing and household items. With assistance from the SVDP Stores division, we supplied our neighbours-in-need with much needed beds and other furniture totaling $2,820.00. Our Christmas outreach project delivered $3,500 worth of gift cards to 35 families (72 adults and 32 children).

We held two “Bundle-Up” weekends (June and October) we collected clothing, shoes and linens etc. Your support of these drives was excellent as it always is.

We are a member of the Etobicoke Particular Council (EPC) which is a group of seven conferences in South Etobicoke. In 2025 we passed up $4,000 to EPC to assist other conferences in our area which have fewer resources and/or more neighbours in need. Any funds that are surplus to our needs in our area are then passed up to the Toronto Central Council (TCC). The TCC, in addition to supporting 114 conferences in the GTA, operates summer camps for girls and boys. They also maintain and support eight residences which provide housing for women, recovering adults, and adults with developmental disabilities.

Our conference currently has 10 members and we need new members. Please contact me through the parish office if you are interested in joining us!

With sincere gratitude,

Lois Walsh, President