St. Vincent de Paul-Cincinnati

A job readiness program, Operation Bootstrap helps the chronically unemployed, including recent graduates of chemical abuse programs, to re-enter the job market. Intensive and holistic in approach, Bootstrap focuses on the whole person by providing physical education, nutrition classes and in-depth career counseling. Volunteers from Xavier University faculty, Christ Hospital, The Council on Nutrition and many others supplement our own staff. Following graduation, social workers help place candidates in full-time jobs. To reach Operation Bootstrap, call (513) 421-0602 or e-mail us at info@svdpcincinnati.org.

Some people struggle with the question, “What does God want me to do with my life?”
But not Greg Morgan.
Convicted felon, former homeless person, recovering substance abuser Greg Morgan knows the answer. After years of fear, failure and unproductive living, Greg says he is now “standing with the hope” he received through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's Operation Bootstrap job readiness program. For the first time in years, Greg has a job, a home, and hope for the future. And from the source of his renewed hope, he offers a hand of help to those who are standing where he once stood.
He’s found the answer.
“I’m doing what God wants me to do,” he says of his weekly volunteer work with men who live on the streets, in shelters and alleyways. “I don’t forget where I came from. I go back...” to help others, he says.
- Greg Morgan, Operation Bootstrap Graduate

For more information on the Society and how you can be part of it,
please e-mail us at info@svdpcincinnati.org or call (513) 562-8841.