Women's Gift Alliance member Laura Umthun reads a short story of a past recipient of St. Vincent de Paul services while visiting the H.E.L.P. Center during a Heart to Heart event Thursday evening.
February 15, 2026
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Women's Gift Alliance spends evening at St. Vincent de Paul H.E.L.P. Center
Women's Gift Alliance spends evening at St. Vincent de Paul H.E.L.P. Center
A few members of the Women's Gift Alliance stood one at a time in the St. Vincent de Paul H.E.L.P. Center, housed in the old Coeur d'Alene Library building. Each reading aloud of short stories during this heartfelt Heart to Heart event, ahead of Valentine's Day. Although their names were changed for confidentiality, these snippets conveyed the hope, housing, healing, safety, stability, redemption, recovery, and progress of those who have found themselves in the service of St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho. One story belonged to "Angela."