Esperanza Center hotline to serve non-English-speaking population in pandemic
Under normal circumstances, it can be frightening for immigrants to ask for help. A language barrier and fears of deportation – even without cause – are major deterrents. Now add in a global pandemic and a resource shutdown. To respond to this need, Catholic Charities’ Esperanza Center has instituted a dedicated, large-scale hotline to provide [...]
In these challenging times, remember to be kind
By: Sarah David, The Daily Record This is an incredibly challenging time for our country and the world. As young professionals, we likely find ourselves especially challenged as we try to complete a day of work from home with young children demanding our attention, and as we find spouses and significant others as our new “coworkers.” [...]
Bakers, retailers provide to underserved communities affected by COVID-19
By Joanie Spencer KANSAS CITY — Mandated shutdowns, school closings and rushes on supermarket resources during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have left many consumers without basic and necessary access to food. As commercial bakers ramp up production to meet an unprecedented increase in demand, they’re also boosting production to provide meals to those in need. [...]
Johns Hopkins doctor working with community to fill needs during COVID-19 spread
WMAR Baltimore By: Abby Isaacs BALTIMORE (WMAR) — As a Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Physician, Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos has prepared for it. A pandemic like COVID-19. "We play out these situations constantly and now seeing it come to fruiting, I’m stuck in a moment of 'I can’t believe this is reality," said Galiatsatos. Read more>>
“If Catholic Charities stopped feeding people … where would they eat?”
Cedric Howard, senior cook at Our Daily Bread Employment Center, arrives at work two hours early these days – but doesn’t mind the 4 a.m. start. “This place is like a lifesaver to me. I’m going to do anything I need to do,” he said. Cedric graduated from Christopher Place Employment Academy, Catholic Charities’ residential [...]
H&S Bakery in Baltimore is hiring to meet increased grocery demand during coronavirus pandemic
By LORRAINE MIRABELLA, BALTIMORE SUN MAR 20, 2020 Baltimore-based H&S Bakery plans to ramp up production and hire workers to meet a surge in demand for bread and rolls as the new coronavirus has spread. The commercial bakery in Fells Point said Friday it wants to hire more than 50 workers to meet the needs of its [...]
CORONAVIRUS Baltimore homeless, clustered in large shelters or living in encampments, are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus pandemic
By YVONNE WENGER and PHIL DAVIS, BALTIMORE SUN MAR 20, 2020 Precautions are being taken from shelters to encampments to prevent a rapid and deadly spread of the new coronavirus among Baltimore’s homeless community. But some say the protections do not go far enough, leaving these vulnerable men, women and children at extreme risk. Read more>>
Coronavirus Latest: Here’s What’s Being Done To Help The Homeless During COVID-19 Pandemic
WJZ13 Baltimore By Paul GesslerMarch 20, 2020 at 6:04 pm BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The homeless population, and those who serve them, have needed to adapt to many changes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The city’s homeless services said it is monitoring the situation and asked homeless shelters to shelter in place until further notice. Inside Catholic Charities’ [...]
Group meetings for addiction go ‘virtual’ amid Coronavirus outbreak
Fox 45 News, by Daniel Lampariello, Friday, March 20th 2020 BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Social distancing amid the Coronavirus outbreak poses a unique problem for those suffering from addiction and substance use disorder. As recovery meeting gets canceled, many have nowhere else to turn. "This is certainly elevated to a point where I didn't anticipate," Karen Haughey a [...]
When schools closed, a 9-year-old got worried. So Safe Streets got busy.
A 9-year-old, worried about his friends not being able to eat, was the driving force behind a Safe Streets-led initiative to feed families during the COVID-19 crisis. The day after schools closed across Maryland in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Safe Streets of Sandtown-Winchester's lead violence interrupter, Nicole Warren, told Site Director Greg Marshburn about [...]