The Saint Teresa of Avila Conference, Saint Vincent de Paul Society is wrapping up our fifth annual HUGS for Homeless winter clothing drive that will supply new winter coats, gloves, hats and socks to our homeless Neighbors in Need. We are only $500 short of this year’s fundraising goal as of Jan. 16.
In late December and in early January, we delivered the second round of new winter clothing to our allies for this winter – Carson City Human Services Department, Carson Tahoe Regional Hospital Emergency Department, Mallory Behavioral Health Center and the Nights Off the Street warming center. The St. Vincent de Paul Society passed out new winter clothing at the Carson City Homeless Resource Fair on Jan. 29, 2026, when the annual point-in-time count of our homeless citizens was completed.
HUGS for Homeless is a multi-year community effort to prevent and protect our most vulnerable citizens from cold-weather disease and illness and from cases of frost-bite and hypothermia. Our goal with HUGS for Homeless, along with multiple Carson City nonprofits and social service agencies, is ZERO winter deaths among our homeless population due to exposure to extreme winter weather. A single $100 donation will supply one winter coat, two pairs of gloves, two hats and a dozen pairs of socks that will last through the winter season.
We would like to thank our major donors ($500 and above) – Corpus Christi Parish, Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation, Roper Heating and Air Conditioning, Michael and Jean B., Carson Inn, Knights of Columbus Council #4781, Women’s Society of St. Teresa of Avila Parish, Free Masons Carson Lodge No. 1, Joseph and Crystal E., David and Victoria K., McAulay Family Charitable Foundation and Rodeway Inn. We also appreciate the local businesses that provide us with volume purchasing discounts for new winter clothing – BIG 5 Sporting Goods, Burlington, JC Penney and Walmart. We have purchased $11,675 of new winter clothing from these Carson City businesses to benefit our local economy.
The St. Teresa Conference, St. Vincent de Paul Society is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your donations to the HUGS for Homeless winter clothing drive are 100% tax deductible. Monetary donations made by check can be written out payable to “SVDPS” and then mailed to:
Saint Vincent de Paul Society, 3000 N. Lompa Lane, Carson City, NV 89706
Online secure donations to the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in Carson City can be made to our PAYPAL account via this LINK:
https://www.paypal.com/US/fundraiser/charity/3111692. Any questions regarding HUGS for Homeless can be addressed by calling 775-882-1968 ext. 119.
