First Place Family Center

TODAY'S THE DAY! As of today at 9 a.m., all of SVdP's Family Services, including First Place Family Center, First Place Kids, and the Night Shelter Annex, will operate at 4060 W. Amazon Drive, Eugene OR 97405.

We are so thrilled to begin offering the same trauma-informed and compassionate care to youth and families in need all under one roof. Read more about this change on our blog, here: https://bit.ly/FPFCMoving.

Heads up! All First Place Family Center information can now be found on our main St. Vincent de Paul page, here: https://bit.ly/3BoC8zu, and on our website, here: bit.ly/3z0LrnB. Please note that this separate FPFC page will no longer be actively updated or maintained going forward. Thank you for supporting our efforts in serving at-need families in Lane County!

Our First Place Annex Night Shelter is in urgent need of pet supplies! If you want to make a donation of new or gently used items from this list, you can drop them off here at 1995 Amazon Pkwy from 8am-5pm Monday-Friday. Thank you for your support!

We have a variety of packages at a variety of prices, jewelry, date nights and more!

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We want to extend a big thank you to our amazing donors!

Yesterday, the Night Shelter Annex received a generous donation of a brand new co****le game!
Larry and Margie, our neighbors who continually support our programs through donations of food, supplies, and volunteer support at the Annex, donated this fun resource yesterday for our kiddos and their parents, who have all experienced the trauma of homelessness while still tirelessly working with their case managers to become stably housed.
"I am extremely humbled by the spirit of compassion, love, and support that these neighbors have continued to shower upon their most vulnerable neighbors. Such a showing of support not only serves as a model for myself but makes me so overwhelming proud to be another resilient resident of this beautiful Eugene and Springfield community," wrote Mike Yoshioka, Youth and Family Services Director. !
Pictured: Mia Masters, our Lead Night Shelter Case Manager, and Stephanie Conklin, our Staff and Volunteer Support Manager.
**On the same day of this photo, our amazing team of Family Support Specialists and Case Managers housed yet another Night Shelter family in their new home which ended their multi-year period of homelessness for themselves and their son.**

Follow our main page, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, to learn more about what we do as an agency! In May, the First Place Family Programs will be featured. ☺️

Wonderful Eugene community:

We would appreciate donations of toilet paper, bleach, and N95 masks for our direct care service providers.

We have sufficient supplies of diapers, wipes, shampoo and conditioner.

Donations can be dropped off at 1995 Amazon Parkway between 10 am and 3 pm.

Thank you!

The First Place Family Center, located at 1995 Amazon Parkway, will be adapting its services in order to better ensure the safety of its staff and our families.
The following changes will take effect Friday, March 27th:

• All families currently being sheltered overnight through the Night Shelter program will remain sheltered throughout the night and day at the Annex shelter facility.
• The First Place Family Center (FPFC), located at 1995 Amazon Parkway, will still remain open for literally homeless or extremely vulnerable families 7 days a week. Hours have been reduced to 10am – 3pm.
o Services at the FPFC will be restricted to picking up critical supplies such as food, diapers, toiletries and other hygiene products.
o Entrance into the FPFC facility will be limited to one family at a time for use of bathrooms, laundry, and showers only.
o FPFC will still be accepting and processing applications for the Homeless Prevention and Barrier Busters programs by appointment only Saturday thru Wednesdays 10am – 3pm. Interested families should still contact Kevin Douglas at [email protected] or 541-357-1734.

o Families who have questions about services at FPFC should still call 541-342-7728.

o General physical donations to SVdP are not being collected at FPFC at this time. The only donations being accepted at this time are masks, hand sanitizer, and temporal thermometers.

Thank you for any support you are able to provide!

Enjoy the arts while supporting The First Place Annex this weekend at the Eugene Opera's performance of "The Little Match Girl Passion". Monetary and hygiene donations being collected at the performance. Find more info here: https://eugeneopera.org/2019-2020-season/little-match-girl-passion/