Yearly Archives: 2019

Circle V Ranch Reopens 2019

Circle V Ranch Camp Reopens for 2019 Summer Sessions for Kids Traditional camp just 20 minutes from Santa Barbara offers 6 days/5 nights of summer fun for $600   Circle V Ranch Camp offers traditional sleep-over camp activities for kids ages 7-13 with four weekly sessions scheduled for Summer 2019 Ray Lopez, director of our Circle…

Notre Dame Alumni Day of Service

Notre Dame High School held their Alumni Day of Service for their 3rd consecutive year here, bringing together NDHS volunteers from the class of 1965 to the future class of 2030! For three hours in the sun and heat, NDHS volunteers worked to create a better shopping experience for our thrift store’s guests. St. Vincent…

Ezequiel Quintero Retires after 32 Years

We all knew him as “Quintero”, never knowing we were calling him by his last name all these years. And there were many of them: Ezequiel Quintero worked for St. Vincent de Paul’s LA and Long Beach thrift stores for 32 years before his retirement last week. He reflected that the first female stores director,…

Improve your Life, Donate your Car!

9 LESSONS LEARNED FROM A CARLESS MONTH IN LA My life improved. So can yours. By Reuben Brody in InsideHook. When I’m driving, I hate ________. I could fill that blank with more words than I have bones in my body. So I decided to give up my car for a month. And not only…