Events
Race Location
Virtual Event this year - location of your choice!
Description
DUE TO COVID-19, this year's SVDP Friends of the Poor Run/Walk in support of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Columbus will be a virtual event. Run/Walk at the location of your choice, or even on a treadmill in your own home. This year's walk/run celebrates the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the first SVDP Conference in the United States - at the Old Cathedral in St Louis, MO. It is the 10th year of the FOP Walk and the 2nd year with a 5K Run/Walk. Your participation, by running or walking will benefit the ministries of the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Columbus (SVDP) and its 61 parish-based conferences in the 23-counties of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
Event Day Timeline
- 9:00 AM - ZOOM Meeting with Bishop Brennan to kick off the Walk/Run - then Walk/Run at your leisure.
1 Mile Walk Registration
Registration for the Virtual 1 Mile Walk can be accessed at link below. At the WALK registration site, participants can register and select their beneficiary for funds raised. Go to https://www.fopwalk.org/eventlisting/eventdetail/?eventid=2476 Click on SELECT BENEFICIARY, enter Diocese of Columbus under CHOOSE A DIOCESE, and scroll through the 7 pages of names listing the SVdP conferences in the Columbus Diocese. Select the conference of your choice! There is no registration fee for the 1-mile walk.
Additional Event Information
SVDP is a lay Catholic organization that aspires to live the gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy, and by working to shape a more just and compassionate society. In the 23-county Columbus Diocese, SVDP aids our community members by providing emergency assistance to persons in need, including:
- Food (St Lawrence Haven Food Line and multiple parish-based food pantries),
- Clothing (SVDP Clothing Center)
- Shelter (St Vincent Haven Newark)
- Rent and utility assistance, medical expense assistance
- Funeral assistance through a Funeral Fund
- Furniture assistance through the Furniture Bank of Central Ohio.
We sponsor Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World sessions to allow persons in poverty to examine their lives and resources, and determine for themselves what resources to build and how to create their own future story. Our Microloan Program gives persons the opportunity to acquire low-interest loans between $500 and $1000. Financial mentoring is provided during the term of the loan. Successful repayment increases the credit score of the loan recipient. We also sponsored the development of the Vincentian Ohio Action Network, an organization that gives low-income persons the opportunity to be leaders in their community on issues impacting their lives. Among the Issues that VOAN members have addresses include barriers faced by returning citizens (jobs, housing, etc), payday lending, and broadband access in rural communities. These issues have been addressed primarily at the local and state levels.
Early Packet Pickup
Early packet pickup in the 1st-floor conference room at The Catholic Center of the Columbus Diocese, 197 E Gay Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Packet pickup is available on both Thursday and Friday, September 24 and 25, 2020, from 12 - 5 pm each day.
Parking
Not applicable this year.
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