Martin Kraft of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Atlanta Council, top center, helps Ike Ndolo, assistant youth minister at St. Timothy Church, Mesa, Ariz., left, and Lisa Epperson, Eastern director for National Life Teen, unload 61 cases, each containing 12 boxes of various cereal types. (Photo by Michael Alexander, The Georgia Bulletin)

Saint Vincent de Paul Society

Web site: www.svdpatl.org

The Society, whose motto is "No act of charity is foreign," was founded in 1833 by Venerable Frederic Ozanam and five friends while attending the Sorbonne University in Paris. This group of Catholic men believed that the Catholic laity did little to live their faith and began visiting the poor in their homes, providing them with whatever assistance they could. This continues today with person-to-person assistance by Society members to those in need.

In Atlanta the SVDP Archdiocesan Council can be reached at 770-458-5415.