July 14, 2006

St. Vincent de Paul is
collecting office equipment

Are you part of a business that’s looking for a new way to dispose of office systems, office machines, phone systems and office furniture?

Look no further than the Indianapolis chapter of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Thanks to the brainstorm of John Iozzo, a member of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis, the Society is now collecting old office equipment and furniture as part of its outreach.

“They’ve taken donations for years,” Iozzo said of the organization devoted to helping people in need.

The Indianapolis chapter has provided food, clothing, housing assistance, utility assistance, furniture and bus tokens, among other things, over the years, and this effort “is another way of expanding the ministry,” Iozzo said.

Iozzo’s thinking behind the undertaking is simple: Big corporations are getting new office equipment, machines, furniture and phone systems all the time, so “it would be beneficial to donate [their old things] and not trade them in, and take it as a tax write-off,” he said.

(For more information, call 317-972-7837 and leave a message. Free pick-up is available.) †

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