A New Homeless Outreach Van for Pastor Vinnie

PASTOR VINNIE NEEDS A NEW VAN!!!

We are fundraising to help Pastor Vinnie replace his van, so he and his team can get back on the road and continue ensuring their clients are safe, comfortable and housed. As the founder of Mission for the Homeless (a 501 (c)(3) non profit), he and a small team of volunteers travel the East Bay, providing food, clothes, and medicine for people in need. He has also placed dozens of formerly unhoused individuals into permanent homes and visits them daily.

Vinnie drives over 5,000 miles a month, and the van has over 256,000 miles on it. Lately it has been breaking down frequently, making it harder for Vinnie and his team to do their work. His van is the lifeblood of his work and without it he can’t provide the outreach he has been doing everyday for the last 20 years. That includes administering insulin and other medication, providing food, tents, clothes and sleeping bags, taking some off the streets and to the hospital or finding them permanent housing, and getting social security and health benefits for those that qualify.

Pastor Vinnie left his doctoral studies at Cal Berkeley over 25 years ago to pursue his calling, and he has been conducting homeless outreach ever since.

He scrapes by with the generosity of donors like you. Every dollar his nonprofit receives goes to help others. No middlemen or administrative overhead. So you can feel confident that the money you give isn’t wasted. If you want to give to a nonprofit that has results, this is it.

Thank you for anything you can give! All donations will be MATCHED by a generous donor.

Read a recent story that was on KALW San Francisco public radio:Pastor Vinnie’s One Man Mission To Fight Homelessnness

Thanks for any help you can provide.