St Vincent de Paul Society of Annapolis

Emergency assistance to prevent eviction, security deposits for rentals and recovery house residence fees.

Holiday share program. Two components:first,the Society distributes holiday meals to 420 needy families and 150 seniors at thanksgiving and christmas.the cost of food and gift cards for these meals was $69,783 in the fiscal year.secondly, the Society distributes toys and clothing to approximately 1,000 children who are members of these families. These items represent in-kind gifts from parishoners of St. mary's church who select a child's name with gift suggestions from the "angel tree," then purchase and return the gifts to the church. Society volunteers coordinate the distribution of these gifts to families shortly before christmas. The estimated value of these gifts was $127,500 in the fiscal year.see schedule m, part 1.

Urgent and humanitarian assistance in the form of food,medical prescriptions, transportation, job training and funeral expenses, and utility turn offs.