This is the couple’s second multi-million dollar gift to community organizations in seven years. A couple who have been business owners and major community philanthropists for decades have given another multi-million dollar gift to seven area nonprofits. According to KCRG, Mike and Jo Cambridge will be sending a combined $2.1 million over three years to United Way…
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Catholic Charities extends Uvalde a helping hand
ORLANDO | On May 24, 2022, 19 students and two teachers lost their lives at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. ORLANDO | On May 24, 2022, 19 students and two teachers lost their lives at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. For Catherine Galda, it instantly brought her back to 2012 and the memories…
Catholic Charities gets water to needy communities in Mississippi
Catholic Charities of Jackson is doing all it can to respond to the water crisis, while simultaneously helping house those displaced by recent flooding. NEW YORK – Chamon Williams remembers the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Ida in 2021, and how Catholic Charities of Jackson, Mississippi helped the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux then. Now, she is returning…
Catholic Charities blesses final phase of Maui senior rental project
Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation (CCHDC) July 19 dedicated the second and final phase of its Kahului Lani senior affordable rental housing development in Kahului, Maui. The blessing, conducted by Bishop Larry Silva, was attended by Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Maui Mayor Michael Victorino, and Maui lawmakers. Kahului Lani provides low-income seniors with an affordable…
Delivering dignity, compassion, justice
Catholic Charities Hawaii, the island church’s primary social service agency, turns 75 this month. When Daryl Lynn Davalos was a teen in the late 1960s, her family went to Catholic Social Services on Oahu for family counseling. She remembers waiting in the lobby after an appointment and seeing a distressed woman come inside. It was…