WINDSOR HEIGHTS, Iowa — A nonprofit organization that has provided social services to people in need in the Des Moines metro throughout the last century now finds itself in need.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was established in 1924 to help people living in poverty become self-sufficient. They oversee four thrift stores, two human resource campuses, two food pantries, an education center, and a sobering center. 35,000 people are helped annually in the metro.
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Last week, officials posted to Facebook that they are “desperately” in need of clothing for their thrift stores.
Chad Caligiuri said that in the last couple of years, the number of shoppers at the thrift stores has doubled. He credits this influx in demand to the economy and an elevated interest in thrifting. Caligiuri noticed an increased number of young people shopping at the thrift stores…