Turning Concern Into Action

Help The Less fortunate

Welcome to the official website of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Toronto: St. Lawrence Conference in Scarborough.

We are a non-profit group helping those in our community. This website was created as a modern pro-active way to motivate youth to help out and to be up to date with today’s methods of reaching out to people.

St Vincent De Paul

100% of donations GO to the needy

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul St. Lawrence would like to thank all who helped us during Christmas 2024

Parishioners

Thank you to all the Parishioners for all the continuous support during the year and our Christmas Collection

Our Pastor

Thank you to our Pastor Father Thomas Lee for the love he has for the poors and for supporting and facilitating the work of us members

Sponsors

Thank you to all the Sponsors that adopted a family or more and helped to deliver their baskets Thank you Amy Graham, Kim Wohischulz, Nancy Medeiros, Veronica Pinot, Ariana Simone, Alicia Louwerier and Persuad.
St Lawrence Church Scarborough Ontario

A Special Thank You to Telus

A special thank you goes to the employees of Telus for their support, adopting many families, and for helping us members deliver Christmas baskets to those in need.

A Special Thanks goes to our friends from Telus that have been helping us for the last 20 years. Thanks you to the team of Mayan McKenzie, Leanne Frick and Nicole Basten for coordinating the sponsorship of many families and delivers.

Sponsor a Needy Family this Christmas

Christmas 2025

Help bring joy to a family in need this upcoming Christmas by sponsoring a needy family with a Christmas basket.

At Christmas you can adopt a family through the “Sponsor a Family Program” and provide for their necessities. We will give you names, needs, ages of the children and the family situation.

Typical baskets cost $200–$300, but any amount is welcome. Tax receipts are provided.

Please consider sponsoring a family in Scarborough this Christmas!

Make a Cash Donation

Make a donation to help needy families and they will receive a Christmas basket. You will also be provided with an official tax receipt

Create a Gift Basket

Baskets would consist of things such as food vouchers, clothing, food, small amount of cash, toys for the children as well a note to the family if you desire.

Become a Volunteer

Help us with deliveries of gift baskets and goods to those in need in December..

Who Are We

We are “volunteers” – members of The Society of St. Vincent De Paul, an organization designed to help people in in need. We operate within our parish, so we live nearby.

We are funded by donations from parishioners of the local Catholic Church and friends of the Society. Basically, we are neighbours sharing with neighbours. We pray for all the people in need and our benefactors.

When people call us with a problem we’ll try to help.

Society St Vincent de Paul Toronto St Lawrence

How Can You Help?

Make a Donation

Sponsor a Family

Donate Goods

Planned Giving

Life Insurance Gifts

Become a Volunteer

Help Us at Christmas Through the "Sponsor a Family" Program.

At Christmas you can adopt a family through the “Sponsor a Family Program” and provide for their necessities. We will give you names, needs, ages of the children and the family situation.

About Us

We are volunteers of the Society of Saint Vincent De Paul, an organization that has, for over 170 years, been called by God to serve and assist those in need.

The St. Lawrence the Martyr Church Conference in Toronto has thirteen screened volunteers and is responsible for providing assistance to its district. By visiting people in their homes, we are able to best assess their needs. In some cases we provide aid with food or clothing, vouchers or furniture. In all cases we bring compassion, respect, and love.

The material assistance we are able to provide is due to the generosity of our parishioners, through the poor box. They trust the society and its volunteers to use the funds to assist those who are most in need. We sincerely thank our parishioners for their continued support.

Patron Saint St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)

"The street will be long and unfriendly, the stairs and the poor often ungrateful. you will soon find charity a heavy burden, heavier than the jug of soup or the full basket. But you will still be pleasant and smile. Distributing soup and bread is not everything. The rich can do that. The poor are your masters and you will find them terribly exacting masters. So the more unattractive and dirty they are, the more rude and unfair they are, the more you must lavish your love upon them. It is only by feeling you love that the poor will forgive you your gifts of bread"
St. Vincent de Paul

Donate to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul

100% of donations are used to help those in need in our community.
Thank you and God Bless.