Volunteer
Several volunteer opportunities are available. Please contact one of our many Conferences for more information.
Knitting For Neighbors
A Cape & Islands virtual knitting circle in the spirit of St. Vincent.
Do you knit? Crochet?
The Cape & Islands District is launching a knitting circle to help our neighbors in need. Completed items will be given to Conference, local food pantries, thrift stores, sober houses, homless shelters and others who need them. As we strive to offer a personal touch and “Blanket” Cape Cod & the Islands in warmth.
Please join us!
Who: Vincentians, “Retired Vincentians”, parishioners who knit or crochet, and are interested in supporting our neighbors in need.
What: Knit or crochet hats, mittens, scarves, or blankets
When: At your convenience
Where: At home
Why: Blanketing Cape Cod with warmth
The Starfish Story:
Making a Difference, One at a Time
A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean. “Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?” he asks. “Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them further in, they will die.”
“But, old man, don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won’t make any difference at all.” The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to that one.”
~Loren Eisley
“Like divergent spokes touching the same center, so our varied efforts tending toward diverse ends come together in one and the same charitable mind and proceed from the same principle.”
Blessed Frédéric Ozanam