Please support our 2022 Christmas Gift project by adopting a family!  Text 715 923 9549 if you would like to adopt a family of 1 to 8 children ages 0 unborn to 19 yr old high school students. 

This year we are please to announce that our Wisconsin DVA $25,000 grant benefited thirty-two different Veteran families.  We have applied for another WI DVA grant for the upcoming year.  Thanks to Brandon Cacek, our Vincentian Veteran and his committee for their fine work.

We identified another area of need when we found 42  female led Veteran families and so we applied and are funded for a MMACF Women's Giving Circle $5000 Grant to assist these women led veteran families with Basic Needs.  

Regarding further transportation, our conference provides limited gas vouchers for work, medical or school purposes and we work with Marinette Shell station on Hwy 41/Old Peshtigo Road.  We also will cover basic needs car repairs, if someone has a job and hard times have fallen upon them.  

We also were seeking out various transportation needs in our communities throughout COVID-19 and found a need for our seniors living at the Northland Lutheran Village and have increased our numbers of assistance this year by eight new seniors!  We purchase gas cards for them to attend their medical, grocery or shopping needs.  

We received an MMACF Women's Giving Circle grant in 2021 for Basic Needs of Female Led Families in need.  For 26 of the 92 non-duplicate women-led families who requested shelter, we were able to assist them with emergency shelter in order to secure stable housing. We completed 187 home visits with women-led families providing service to 305 residents of which 199 were children. To these women-led families, we paid $2003 for Mattresses, $2007 for Rent Assistance, $1621 for WPS payments (rent and electric), $653 for Water assistance, $1237 for gas vouchers/taxi cards and $1990 for OTHER which included bus tickets for a family to return to nuclear family, propane, steel toed boots for work, many different car repairs (alternators, core charges, batteries, tires, plus 45 store vouchers for furniture, housewares, and clothing.

UW Ext Danielle Lempke Survey results --  
Summary of Community Needs Assessment Survey Results After conducting a survey amongst residents of Marinette County (WI) and Menominee County (MI), we have received results that look at the general need of our community members. From the results found in the attached PDF you can see that of the community members who signed up to receive school supplies at the Back2School event, 93 families were from Marinette County and 19 families were from Menominee County. From the survey results, we can also see that majority of families in need of school supplies have two or more kids within their household. When looking at social determinants amongst Marinette and Menominee County residents, we see that the most impactful barriers these families are facing are, in this order from most impactful to least impactful, paying for heat/electricity, housing/rent, food assistance, transportation/vehicle repairs, diapers/feminine products, and affordable daycare. 
   To Be noted, our 2021 Survey (see below) completed by families with children 0 to 19 years old, so they have children younger than school age, listed affordable day care and transportation at the top.   

RESULTS of 194 surveys from 2021 Christmas -- SURVEY requested: “List your TOP 3 Needs” Seven (7) Options: Affordable Day Care, Housing, Heat & Electricity, Food Assistance, Rent, Vehicle Repairs/Transportation, Feminine Products & Diapers.   

#1 Need from 172 recipients AFFORDABLE HOUSING/RENT ASSISTANCE
#2 Need from 70 recipients ENERGY ASSISTANCE
TIE for #3 need 3.A from 54 recipients VEHICLE REPAIRS/TRANSPORTATION 3.B from 54 recipients FOOD ASSISTANCE TO BE NOTED:
#4 was Feminine Products/Diapers and
#5 was Affordable Day Care.

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​About Us

National SSVdP USA MISSION:  “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.”     ​​The conference provides direct person-to-person service through home visits to families, elderly, disabled or other residents who are in need of rent, utilities, medication, transportation, fuel, or other basic needs assistance.   ​
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St. Joseph Conference - Marinette of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, was begun 104 years ago in October 1918 during the "Spanish Flu Pandemic" - the first worldwide pandemic.  Our Conference was aggregated on Oct 24, 1920 at Paris France by the International SSVdP office. 

​Who We Serve

​The Conference serves families, elderly, veterans, disabled or other residents with limited incomes in our 22,000-population service area of the City of Marinette, City of Peshtigo, Town of Peshtigo, Town of Porterfield, and Town of Grover.  We serve our community without distinction of race, creed or culture.  

​Need Help? Call us on our help line at 715-735-9100 Ext 106

Through home visits we provide financial assistance, connection to community resources including mental health resources, and emotional and spiritual support.  We have an annual limit per individual/family.  If there are federal or state program dollars available, they must apply for this before receiving our assistance. We collaborate with other local agencies and resources to provide needed services for those in need. We are NOT an agency; we are simply a group of faith-filled local resident volunteers wanting to assist those in need!