Sign Up for Summer Fun at Circle V Ranch Camp!

Sign up for Summer Camp!

Circle V Ranch Camp still has space and scholarships available for the last summer session! Campers will enjoy activities including archery, arts & crafts, hiking, swimming in the pool, learning about nature, reading skills, painting, photography, playing baseball, basketball, ping pong, foosball, soccer, miniature golf and of course, campfires, skits and singing. Campers will stay…

Item donations to SVdPLA help the poor and homeless in SoCal

More than a Thrift Store

Ever wonder where the items you donate to our stores end up? Some are sold, and some are donated to people like Hassan and Fatima. They came to the United States just before the civil war broke out in Syria. Their two sons learned English. Fatima struggled with the language and Hassan found only part-time work…

Ray Sweet Board President of SVdPLA

Camp’s Resurrection on the Radio

Board President of SVdPLA, Ray Sweet and Director of Circle V Ranch Camp, Ray Lopez were guests on Born to Talk Radio Show, June 3, 2019. Ray Sweet and Ray Lopez shared their stories of hope, help, community spirit and joyful times that the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is providing to support the needs…

Find Furniture for $1.20 at SVdPLA

At St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores, items storewide are marked down 25%, 50% or all the way to $1.20! Click here to learn how our pricing works so you never miss out on the biggest deals.   Our stores in Los Angeles (the largest thrift store in LA) and Long Beach sell clothes, shoes,…

Camp Reopens – Angelus News

Circle V Camp to open after Whittier Fire damage Just two years after the Whittier Fire ravaged Circle V Ranch Camp & Retreat Center in the Los Padres National Forest, the beloved summer center is reopening its doors to welcome back local campers. “We have been focused on reopening Circle V since the Whittier Wildfire forced…