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SVDP Helped Me Restructure my 700% PayDay Loan
As a single mom with a family, I loved my job and it paid well. Yet, my finances were in disarray. I was behind on paying my utility bills, car loan and rent. Surely, a PayDay Loan was a quick and easy fix to my financial struggles!
My bills continued to pile up! I saw no end to my financial problems. I reached out to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) for help. On my first visit with volunteer advocates, I saw I had a chance to get back on my feet again !
Yet, my PayDay Loan, with an interest rate 700%, kept me trapped in a cycle of debt! Then, my volunteer advocates introduced me to SVdP Mini-Loan Program (MLP) as a way to help me take control of my finances. While reviewing my bank statements and budget with my volunteer advocates, I became more knowledgeable of unwise financial decisions I had made over time.
During additional meetings, I set up a budget with the help of MLP Coordinator and encouragement of my volunteer advocates. The key point of these meetings was to set up a budget I would stick to. I needed to be truthful to myself and to understand all my finances, both income and expenses. With confidence, I applied for a low interest bank loan available through the Mini-Loan program. Shortly thereafter, I was approved. YEAH!
Now the difficult part started. I had to stay on budget! My SVdP volunteer advocates helped me. Together, we reviewed my budget periodically, addressed other obligations, and established written goals. They gave me a reality check on how loans are obtained. And, most importantly, they kept my feet to the fire to ensure my budget goals were met.
I was comfortable and very proud I was managing my finances. By year end, all my bills were current. My only debt was the MLP loan which was being paid on schedule. I established a “credit builder account” with a credit union to increase my FICO score and help me with future goals. Within sixteen months, I paid off the MLP loan, raised my FICO score from 545 to 670, and had cash in the bank!
I have no doubt my volunteer advocates were sent by God!
Prayer to St Vincent de Paul
St Vincent de Paul (1581 – 1660)
PRAYER TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
O Saint Vincent de Paul, our father and model, throughout your life you wished to imitate Jesus, the missionary and servant. In your time, you confronted the plague, the illness of the people. Intercede now with the Holy Trinity on behalf of all the nations on earth visited by the modern scourge. Help the bodies and hearts of all victims. Strengthen caregivers, be close to all neighbors, and enlighten researchers. Walk with those approaching the portals of death.
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As you gave strong and ardent advice to struggle against evil, so now come to our aid! Teach us how to expose our lives for the weakest among us, and strengthen us to help them better in fearless perseverance. With the sole desire of aiding them in their needs, open our spirits to God’s infinite providence. Let us endow it with his total will for action. Inspire in us, also, obedience to our leaders, as we now place ourselves in your hands, confident and fortified with genuine feelings of dedication and zeal for our sisters and brothers.
AMEN
2019 Friends of the Poor Walk
September 28th, 2019
Please join us on Saturday morning, September 28th, for a beautiful walk at Phillip Creek Trails. All proceeds from our walk go directly to benefit those in need in the Frisco area.
In 2017, St Vincent de Paul provided more than $132,000 in housing assistance, food, clothing, transportation, utility costs and medicine to those in the Frisco area. In addition, our members volunteered more than 6,800 hours in serving the poor and providing educational and advocacy support to promote self-sufficiency.
https://www.svdpfrisco.org/walk
Kroger Community Rewards Programs
The Society of St Vincent de Paul, St Francis of Assisi Frisco Conference has enrolled in the Kroger Community Reward Program.
Persons who are enrolled in the program are able to support our ministry’s work by shopping at Kroger. Everytime you shop at Kroger and use your Plus Card, St Vincent de Paul Frisco Conference will earn a small contribution from Kroger on a quarterly basis.
The Kroger Community Rewards Program:
Visit http://www.kroger.com Once logged in, search for “SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, ST. FRANCIS OF ACF” (or org #YI135), then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.
Customers must have a registered Kroger rewards card account to link to your organization.
If you do not yet have a Kroger rewards card, new cards at the customer service desk at any Kroger
Participants must swipe their registered Kroger rewards card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger rewards card when shopping for each purchase to count.
2018 Friends of the Poor Walk
September 29th, 2018
Please join us on Saturday morning, September 29th, for a beautiful walk at Phillip Creek Trails. All proceeds from our walk go directly to benefit those in need in the Frisco area.
In 2017, St Vincent de Paul provided more than $132,000 in housing assistance, food, clothing, transportation, utility costs and medicine to those in the Frisco area. In addition, our members volunteered more than 6,800 hours in serving the poor and providing educational and advocacy support to promote self-sufficiency.
2017 Friends of the Poor Walk
2017 Friends of the Poor Walk/Run
September 30 at 9:30 AM
Registration begins at 8:30 AM
2017 Friends of the Poor Walk/Run
September 30, at 9:30 AM
Registration begins at 8:30 AM
Walk Information >
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Frisco Conference, will join the SVdP Council of Dallas to Walk for the Poor on Saturday, September 30th at 9:30 am on the University of Dallas campus.
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