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Second incident of vandalism against St. Vincent de Paul donation trucks last week

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SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL IS ALSO SUSPENDING ITS DONATION PICKUP SERVICE TODAY AFTER CLAIMS THAT VANDALS TARGETED THEIR TRUCKS. THE ORGANIZATION SAYS VANDALS DAMAGED THREE OF THEIR DONATION TRUCKS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE THRIFT STORE ON SD AVENUE IN SPRING GROVE. YOU CAN SEE THE SMASHED GLASS FROM THE TRUCKS’ WINDOWS HERE AND THE PICTURES HERE. IT HAPPENED SOMETIME BETWEEN LAST NIGHT AND THEN EARLY THIS MORNING. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE SUSPECTS STOLE EQUIPMENT FROM INSIDE THE TRUCKS. THE VANDALISM BY THE

Second incident of vandalism against St. Vincent de Paul donation trucks last week

Vandals have once again targeted St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati’s donation trucks, the organization says. SVDP says the window of one of its donation trucks was smashed outside the Este Ave. thrift store on Saturday night. This is in addition to three trucks that were also damaged outside the Este Ave. store Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The organization says there were no valuables in the truck at the time of the most recent incident. “We are deeply saddened that our ability to help our neighbors has been interrupted. Damage and thefts like this cost us resources, staff time and the ability to pick up donations and ultimately help our community,” Kaytlynd Lainhart, SVDP’s vice president of external relations, said in a press release. SVDP uses the trucks to transport household donations, drop-off boxes and collections to its eight thrift stores in the Greater Cincinnati area. Donations provide over $793,000 worth of free clothing and household goods each year. In the past two years, the organization says there have been 26 cases of damage or theft related to its 12 vehicles. Damage includes broken windows, stolen batteries and converters, and broken locks, with damage totaling over $10,000 over time. “We have taken precautions such as installing cameras, putting cages around batteries, housing smaller vehicles inside, and investing in new locks. We are currently working on adding additional lighting and fencing, hiring off-duty police officers to monitor our property, and taking other precautions that we do not want to make public,” Lainhart says in a press release. “Not only has this impacted our ability to collect clothing and furniture donations, but we are also spending money on repairs and additional security that we could have used to help a neighbor pay their rent or utilities.” SVDP is asking for the community’s support to help offset these losses. If anyone would like to make a donation, they can do so by clicking here. Anyone whose scheduled pickup times were affected has been notified. If anyone has questions about picking up clothing and furniture donations, they can call the SVDP pickup hotline at 513-421-CARE.

CINCINNATI —

Vandals have once again targeted St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati’s donation trucks, the organization said.

SVDP says the window of one of its donation trucks was smashed outside its Este Ave. thrift store on Saturday night. This is in addition to three trucks that were also damaged outside the Este Ave. store on Tuesday night.

The organization explains that there were no valuables in the truck at the time of the latest incident.

“We are deeply saddened that our ability to help our neighbors has been interrupted. Damage and thefts like this cost us resources, staff time and the ability to collect donations and ultimately help our community,” Kaytlynd Lainhart, SVDP vice president of external relations, said in a press release.

SVDP uses the trucks to transport donations to households, drop off boxes and conduct collections to its eight thrift stores in the Greater Cincinnati area. Donations provide over $793,000 worth of free clothing and household goods each year.

Over the past two years, the organization says there have been 26 cases of damage or theft to its 12 vehicles. Damage includes broken windows, stolen batteries and converters, and broken locks. In total, the damage over time has amounted to more than $10,000.

“We have taken precautions such as installing cameras, building cages around batteries, bringing smaller vehicles inside, and investing in new locks. We are currently working on installing additional lighting and fencing, hiring off-duty police officers to monitor our property, and making other precautions that we do not want to make public,” Lainhart says in a press release. “Not only has this impacted our ability to collect clothing and furniture donations, but we are also spending money on repairs and additional security that we could have used to help a neighbor pay their rent or utility bills.”

The SVDP is asking for community support to help offset these losses. If anyone would like to make a donation, they can do so by clicking here.

Anyone whose scheduled pickup times were affected has been notified. If anyone has questions about picking up clothing and furniture donations, they can call the SVDP pickup line at 513-421-CARE.

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