Since 1865, SVDP Cleveland has been providing person-to-person basic needs emergency assistance to Northeast Ohio's most vulnerable populations – low-income children and adults, the elderly, the sick and the homeless -- throughout the Diocese of Cleveland's eight-county service area of Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and Wayne counties. SVDP's mission is "A network of friends, inspired by gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need." SVDP carries out this mission via the efforts of its 2,300 members and volunteers of all ages and backgrounds at its parish groups and hunger centers, who help the needy regardless of race, ethnicity of religious affiliation. Last fiscal year, SVDP impacted more than 212,000 Northeast Ohioans with nearly $9 million worth of assistance that included food, clothing, beds and mattresses, blankets, school supplies and toiletries, help with utilities, and eviction/homelessness prevention.
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