CHARITABLE MINISTRIES

Charitable Ministries

Ministerios de Caridad


The Society of St. Vincent de Paul

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, founded in 1851, offers emergency short term help based on the need of the person in crisis. The society also provides personal contact for a variety of needs within our local community.

For more information, please call the society at (707) 421-5488.


St. Mary’s

Food Locker

St. Mary’s Food Locker is dedicated in helping those in Vacaville who need food assistance.

The food locker is open:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 10am to 11:45am

Thursday: 5 pm to 6:30 pm

For more information, please call St. Mary’s Food Locker at (707) 446-4613

In the photo above a food order is being taken.

Who qualifies? A Vacaville resident with an ID with current address or document showing Vacaville residence. Each client may receive a food order of several days of food once a month.

St. Mary’s Food Locker serves approximately 375 families (1300 people) per month.

St. Mary’s Food Locker purchases 20-30 racks of sliced bread, 80-100 dozen eggs, and 72 half gallons of milk every week, as well as thousands of dollars of food from the Solano Contra Costa Food Bank.

Safeway, Sprouts, Walmart and WinCo donate 500-600 lbs. of food to St. Mary’s Food Locker every week.

Approximately 100 St. Mary’s volunteers pick up, sort, store, organize and distribute food to Vacaville families in need. When a Vacaville resident drives up, a volunteer asks how many people in their family and offers them their choice of food and produce that is available that day. Once the selections are made, it is brought out and placed in their trunk.

Every family gets these Basic items: ½ gallon of milk, dozen eggs, meat, sliced bread, other bread items, cereal, soup, a tomato product, peanut butter, fruit, tuna, a ready-to-eat (like spaghetti-o’s), can of vegetables, macaroni and cheese, pasta, rice, deli and dessert items (as available), produce, toilet paper, and specialty items.


From Thy Bounty

From Thy Bounty has been making hot lunches for those in need since 2013. On the 1st and 3rd Monday mornings, the ministry can be seen making 50 hot lunches – a slopy joe, or burrito, or chicken sandwich with chips, fruit, bottled water and a snack. Then they are then taken to the Opportunity House to distribute to those in the shelter as well as other homeless.


Feed My People

Feed My People ministry prepares delicious hot lunches and dinners to the hungry on the second Tuesday and third Friday every month at the Church of the Epiphany.

St. Mary’s and other churches offer a hot meal in cooperation with Epiphany Episcopal Church Joint Church Community Meals are served at the Church of the Epiphany, 300 West St and Buck Ave, Vacaville:

Friday - Dinner 4:30 am - 6:30 pm

Tuesday - Hot Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm