St Vincent de Paul North Idaho

06/09/2026

Thanks for visiting our table at today’s North Idaho Women and Their Money Conference! It’s powerful to see 500+ women empowered, educated and excited to take control of their financial futures.

06/03/2026

🏡 Apartment Opening in Clark Fork!

St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho currently has a one-bedroom apartment available at our Lightning Creek Apartments on Cedar Street in Clark Fork.

This housing opportunity is available to:
• Adults age 62 and older
• Individuals with disabilities of any legal age

If you or someone you know may be interested, please contact our Housing Department for application information at 208-664-3095, ext. 312.

Please help us spread the word to neighbors, friends, and family who may be looking for safe, affordable housing in the Clark Fork community.

05/30/2026

05/23/2026

Have starts to share? 🍅🫑🍓🌻

Did you know all of our St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho housing properties include community garden beds for residents? 🌱

These gardens do more than grow vegetables and flowers. They create connection, purpose, peace, and pride. Gardening can support mental health, reduce stress, build community, and provide fresh, healthy food right outside someone’s door.

As planting season gets underway, we are looking for extra plant starts to help fill our beds with life and nourishment. Tomatoes, peppers, herbs, flowers, pumpkins, beans, peas, cucumbers, zucchini… if you have extras, we would love to share them with our residents.

If you would like to donate plant starts, you can drop them off at St. Vinny’s Thrift or the HELP Center or email [email protected] and we will coordinate pickup!

Thank you for helping hope grow, one garden bed at a time. 🌼

05/23/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Nicky Swayne to the Board of Directors of St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho ✨

Nicky brings more than 24 years of hands-on nonprofit leadership experience, having led and supported small nonprofit organizations with practicality and heart. A bilingual professional fluent in German and English, she offers a broad, multicultural perspective shaped by years of service, community engagement, and life as a military spouse living in communities across the United States.

Since making Coeur d’Alene her “ ” in 2022, Nicky has become deeply connected to the North Idaho community through organizations including North Idaho College, Rotary International, P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Coeur d’Alene Chamber Leadership Program, and her recent work with United Way of North Idaho. Throughout her career, she has focused on building connections, strengthening communities, and helping mission-driven organizations thrive.

Nicky was drawn to serve on the board of St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho because of its commitment to dignity-centered support and practical assistance for neighbors experiencing crisis. She is especially passionate about addressing homelessness and housing instability among veterans and is committed to strengthening pathways toward stability, housing, and long-term support for those who have served.

Outside of her professional and volunteer commitments, Nicky enjoys honing her ceramics skills at NIC, nurturing her sourdough starter (“I’ll Be Back”), and spending time with her beloved brown Labrador.

We are honored to welcome your leadership, energy, and compassionate heart to the St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho family, Nicky!

05/20/2026

05/17/2026

Soup’s on, North Idaho!

Soup Chef registration is officially OPEN for our 2026 Souport: The End of Homelessness event as we celebrate 80 years of hope, community, and neighbors helping neighbors at St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho.

Whether you’re a returning crowd favorite or ready to debut your legendary soup recipe, we’d love to have you join us for one of our favorite community traditions. Souport brings together local chefs, businesses, volunteers, and supporters for an afternoon that’s warm in every sense of the word.

This year feels extra special as we celebrate our 80th Anniversary and all the people who have helped carry this mission forward since 1946.

Soup Chef spots fill quickly, so don’t wait!

Sign up here:
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05/14/2026

May News from Your Friends at St. Vinny's!
*Soup Chef Signup is OPEN*

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05/12/2026

Today, the team from Sorren traded spreadsheets and calculators for paint brushes and rollers as part of Way of North Idaho’s Day of Action, helping give the Father Bill’s Kitchen shed a fresh new look.

It turns out accountants really enjoy a project where the numbers don’t have to balance, nobody asks for a formula, and the only thing getting audited is whether there’s enough paint left in the bucket!

We are so grateful for generous community partners like Hale, Lucas, Jacki, Gene, Ann & Sheri who are willing to step away from their desks, spend a sunny afternoon together, and pour their energy into making our campus more welcoming for the neighbors we serve each day. The bright blue doors and trim are hard to miss, and so is the generosity behind them.

Thank you, Sorren, for bringing such great attitudes, hard work, and fun to the day. We loved having you here. 💙

05/07/2026

We are just $861 away from reaching our Idaho Gives goal!

For nearly 80 years, this community has shown up for neighbors in moments that matter most, and because of your generosity, that impact continues every single day.

Last year alone, together we helped provide 10,620 nights of shelter, served 12,385 meals at Father Bill’s Kitchen, supported hundreds of neighbors through housing programs, and helped 292 families avoid eviction.

That is what hope in action looks like.

Today is the final day of Idaho Gives, and we are so close to reaching our $1,946 goal in honor of our founding in 1946. We would love to cross that finish line together.

Whether you give $19.46, $80, $180, or simply what you can, every gift helps keep meals warm, shelter doors open, and neighbors supported right here in North Idaho.

Every gift stays local. Every act of generosity matters.

Help us close the final $861 and celebrate 80 years of hope together:
https://www.idahogives.org/organizations/stvinnys

Thank you for believing in this work, this mission, and most importantly, in one another!