Michelle Brown

Actually, I had this five year plan... to be here five years, to get my degree and move on, but five years turned into ten, ten to fifteen, fifteen to twenty and now I'm almost here twenty-five years, and I can't imagine not being here.

Theresa Deal

My daughter [went here] part-time, she did the part-time work here and my two children went here. [...] I had nieces that went here. Grandchildren that went here. So I got to tell you, it's a family trade!

Don Hamilton

I guess I would say Sr. Katherine Norris was my role model. She was always a caring person, and you know, parents could go to her crying, and she would give and do things. And she helped me in ways because I not only have a relationship here with St. Vincent as an employee, I've also had my children who have been through St Vincent, you know.

Irwin Hermanowski

I cried the day I watched them knock down my old gym, believe me. We were watching outside; it was not easy. But it was one of the biggest gyms in the North side of the city and everybody who came in the city would come play basketball at the St. Vincent DePaul Center.

Maria Laverde

Being an immigrant, you think, "Oh my God! How am I going to be able to afford school? How am I going to be able to do this, to do that?" .... [The Daughters of Charity] actually gave me the support that I needed, that respect, that quality of service because in times when I needed some help, they were there for me.

Edith Morton

But the program's basic mission of this place: I hope it never changes. And I hope that there are people that are willing to work within that to make sure that children are taken care of and that they're safe for the well being of the family. Period.

Diane Prince

The old building? There's lots of memories of the old building. We loved the elevator; we called him Otis. Otis was our elevator. It was an old elevator and we talked about it all the time. The new elevator here breaks down more than Otis did, we'd say "dang we wish we had Otis over here because this one is always breaking down.

Sr. Catherine Mary Norris

....there was no way I was taking on a building project, but God had different ideas, so I took on the building project.

Pearl Washington

And I had this one little boy Cooper Lee, when I was a kindergarten teacher. And he told me, "You know what Ms. Pearl? You don't look like my mom, but you feel like my mom." And that was the best compliment that anyone had every given me.

Zelma Wilson

This was family. And no matter what, if you were in the room by yourself, and I was getting off from work, I would get off from work, and come back to help you.