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CCUSA names 2024 Volunteer of the Year
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News - April 26, 2024 - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has selected John “Jack” Halton, a dedicated volunteer with Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary, as the 2024 CCUSA Volunteer of the Year. Halton is a longtime, regular volunteer with the agency’s food pantry, which provides groceries to families in need across Northwest Indiana. Whether he is sorting food donations,…
Catholic Charities pandemic assistance totals nearly $400 million
Story - August 5, 2020 - Scott Milliken has seen a lot of people come through the doors at the Father English Center’s food pantry during his years as CEO of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, but not like the numbers since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. “We are feeding more people than ever,” he said.…
Catholic Charities Fort Worth: Six-month COVID-19 service and lookback
Story - October 28, 2020 - In late March, the phones at Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW) began ringing with the needs of the community following the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Among the top needs to be addressed were the fear of not being able to make rent or utility payments, and the need for job readiness and placement…
Meet Marisol: A journey toward self-sufficiency
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Story - July 16, 2021 - Two children, six suitcases and $300. This is all Marisol had when she arrived in Columbus five years ago to start her new life. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, she’d lost both her home and her job in Puerto Rico. She arrived in Ohio with her savings depleted, but faced an even greater challenge…
As coronavirus spreads, many volunteers are asked to stay at home
Story - March 20, 2020 - The volunteers are fewer, but Ernie Stetenfeld and his fellow Vincentians in Madison, Wisconsin, are not slowing down in the face of the coronavirus. Boxes of food are being packed for pickup, the state’s only charitable pharmacy continues to operate, and families struggling to pay utility bills are getting assistance through parish conferences even if…
Making the world a better place through volunteering
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Story - September 28, 2018 - Since 1941, the mission of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (CCSN) has been to serve those in need — the most vulnerable — regardless of race, religion or creed. As a leading community resource, CCSN offers help and hope with dignity as it strives to meet the diverse needs of men, women and children in…
A force of nature, she’s doing God’s work on pandemic’s front lines
Story - January 28, 2021 - She’s a diminutive woman whose work is not the stuff of headlines. You probably don’t know her name. You probably won’t recognize her face. But ask the people who are lining up for groceries at an outdoor food pantry in a windblown parking lot on Columbia Road in Dorchester as a life-altering pandemic rages on,…
Going home to God with loving care and dignity
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Story - September 23, 2020 - Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson, provides help and creates hope for thousands of people each day, throughout all stages of life. The individuals we serve are the soul of what we do, and we give thanks to God for them. There are some people whom we assist for decades. Others may drop into our lives…
A month after historic flood, Michigan Catholics still stepping up
Story - June 30, 2020 - Midland and the surrounding areas of Sanford and Edenville were already suffering from the effects of COVID-19 when another catastrophe struck May 19. Although the mid-Michigan communities are no strangers to flooding, the historic breach of the Edenville and Sanford dams caused the worst flash flood in more than a century, forcing more than 10,000…
New life and fresh starts
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Story - July 28, 2021 - By Molly Cornish Cordy, Community Engagement Director, Catholic Social Services Gardening isn’t typically the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Alaska. The state is home to three mountain ranges, a cold climate, and long winters. Anchorage, the largest city in the state, is usually in negative temperatures most of the winter. The winters…
CCUSA receives donation of chorizo valued at over $1.5 million
Story - February 8, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA received a generous donation of over 200,000 pounds of a chicken and pork chorizo blend that was distributed over December and January to over 11 member agencies from San Diego to Nashville with multiple stops in the Midwest. The donation of the product and transportation to local agencies, was made possible by…
Gleaning away hunger
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Story - September 26, 2016 - The word “gleaning” may bring to mind the biblical book of Ruth in which its eponymous character gleans grain from the fields of Boaz. “Gleaning” refers to the ancient practice of allowing poor people to harvest the surplus produce from a farmer’s field. Despite its early origins gleaning still happens today wherever there are farms,…