Women graduate from Learn to Earn internship program ready to work
(Baltimore, May 2, 2019) With praise and thanks, seven women graduated from the Learn to Earn clerical and culinary internship program offered by My Sister's Place Women’s Center. Pennye James, the program supervisor, said the students gained hands-on training, classroom lessons, and networking opportunities through the 8-week class. Now, the participants are confidently searching for [...]
2019 Taste of Maryland benefits Our Daily Bread Employment Center
News coverage related to Our Daily Bread Employment Center and its 2019 Taste of Maryland benefit dinner. WBFF – Fox Channel 45 interviews Our Daily Bread Chef Randy Poley and owners/chef of Café Gia Maryland Perspectives features Lee Martin Program Director of Our Daily Bread Employment Center View WBAL TV coverage of Taste of Maryland
Debunking myths of individuals experiencing homelessness
March 2019 News coverage featuring My Sister's Place Program Director Rebecca Lorick and misunderstandings of individuals experiencing homelessness Watch WMAR interview Rebecca Lorick, program director of My Sister’s Place Women’s Center WBAL TV – NBC’s Ch. 11 debunking myths surrounding homelessness WBAL Coverage of Catholic Charities defending Baltimore and those experiencing poverty and homelessness. WBFF features My Sister’s [...]
In the News: Catholic Charities opens Safe Streets site in Brooklyn-Curtis Bay
Catholic Charities opens Safe Streets site in the Brooklyn / Curtis Bay section of southwest Baltimore on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Watch WMAR (ABC) Channel 2 interviews Safe Streets’ Director for Brooklyn Curtis Bay area of Baltimore Watch WBAL TV News announces new Safe Streets Baltimore Sun – Catholic Charities Opens second Safe-Streets
Safe Streets of Sandtown-Winchester calls for an end to violence in parade for peace
Children hold a sign featuring Taylor Hayes — the 7-year-old girl shot and killed in 2018 by gun fire. She struggled to survive for two weeks until she tragically passed away. . “Four years ago, we had havoc and mayhem,” said Greg Marshburn of Sandtown-Winchester Safe Streets.“This day will be remembered for what [...]
Safe Streets of Sandtown-Winchester leads unity march in Baltimore
WHAT: Safe Streets of Sandtown-Winchester Leads Unity March / Call for Peace On Sat., April 27, 2019, the fourth anniversary of the unrest following Freddie Gray’s death, members of the Sandtown-Winchester Safe Streets will lead a unity march parade with community members and leaders up Pennsylvania Avenue toward Cumberland Street. “By coming together for this [...]
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Bill McCarthy, Executive Director It seems to happen every week - some kind of horrific act that claims lives - in schools, homes, places of worship, backyards. Last week in Colorado, we saw young people compelled to become heroes too soon. The same had happened at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte just a [...]
Cut-N-Edge: Honoring the Avara Family
The Avara Family pose with a mural of the late Cy Avara at St. Vincent’s Villa If you’re a child in residential treatment, you might already feel like your life is pretty different from many of your peers and schoolmates. Maybe you’re new at your school, having moved from across the state, or [...]
PNC Grow Up Great® Program celebrates 15th anniversary
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A valued volunteer instills trust and openness with older adults at The Neighborhoods of St. Elizabeth nursing care
By Carol Zieba, Coordinator of Pastoral Care Jenkins Senior Living Community Paul Casey serves as a Pastoral Care Volunteer with the Neighborhoods at St. Elizabeth, Catholic Charities' nursing and rehab facility in Southwest Baltimore. As a retired lawyer, Casey brings extensive experience in leading legal teams especially in the areas of affordable housing and other [...]