91 year old St. Vincent de Paul volunteer to Walk A Mile.
Tom Kobayashi--the longest serving Vincentian in the Western US and possibly the nation at 71 years--will be coming to the Seattle Walk and has committed to walking a mile.

Bride and Groom to Walk on Wedding Day
Melissa Sanders and Andrew Morrison of Seattle feel the Friends of the Poor is so important that they are Walking on their Wedding Day. Melissa is the president of the Blessed Rosalie conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul associated with St. James Cathedral in Seattle. Andrew Morrison is a Vincentian with the conference, too.

SAN DIEGO, CA

City hall is advertising the event for us. Some members of the fire department and city council will be walking with us. local Catholic youth groups from St. Mary's, St. John's. Resurrection, and various Boys and Girl scouts troups. A local Charter high school is walking and helping to prepare a 'history' info booth about the Society. The 'Legion of Mary' will pray the rosary as they walk. Many priests, deacons, and possibly Bishop Salvatore Cordeleone from the Diocese of San Diego will walk. We had a banner made which will go up for two weeks across the city street in front of the park which advertises the walk.

We have a troupe of 30 Polynesian dancers with professional musicians performing during the entire event to keep people around.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

KATHERINE McCARRON of SVDP San Francisco has been selected by the San Francisco Examiner newspaper as one of the good people and good works on its daily Kudos page. The Examiner spotlights residents who are serving their community, reaching milestones, making discoveries and celebrating accomplishments. According to KATHERINE, “The Friends of the Poor Walk is a way for us to come together ... and to raise the profile of our work across The City.”

Katherine’s occupation is Director, support services organizing the annual fundraiser for the group, which helps the needy.  The Friends of the Poor Walk in San Francisco is at Lake Merced Sept. 27.

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 On behalf of all Vincentians, SVDP personnel worldwide, it gives US great pleasure to share Katherine’s “KUDOS” with the rest of our SVDP family and supporters.