The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP), a nonprofit organization that helps those living in poverty, will sponsor the 8th Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run on Saturday, September 24 to benefit those in the Rochester area in need of support with furniture and household items. The event will be held at Basil Marella Park, 955 English Road, Rochester. Registration begins at 9 a.m.
All proceeds and donations from the event will directly benefit the people in the Rochester area served by SVdP. Anyone interested in learning more, participating, or making a pledge can visit www.fopwalk.org. Participants also can make an online pledge.
The event is held near September 27, the feast day of the Society’s patron, St. Vincent de Paul, who ministered the poor in Paris in the 17th century. The Rochester Area St. Vincent de Paul Council will sponsor the Walk/Run.
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