A Year of Service Creates Sense of Community
As full-time volunteers with Project SERVE, a year-long service-learning opportunity sponsored by AmeriCorps and Catholic Charities, we are called to serve at the Esperanza Center, My Sister's Place Women's Center, Our Daily Bread Employment Center, Sarah's House, and St. Vincent's Center. We serve because we are connected to all of the people on the Earth [...]
A Day in the Life at the Esperanza Center
Maggie Shelledy Hello again! Well, it’s officially been more than two months since P’SERVE began and it has been a loaded two months.Briefly, highlights include: making the house our own by moving the couch and decorating the walls, exploring Baltimore (especially by means of its free public bus!), getting to know my housemates even better over [...]
A Commitment to Our Community and Our Future
PNC highly values our four key constituents: our customers, our communities, our shareholders, and our employees. We believe our PNC Grow Up Great program brings together these groups in a unique way that results in positive and lasting change that helps to ensure that children, especially those living in low- to moderate-income communities, arrive at [...]
“The Year of Firsts”
Hello, my name is Corey, just in case you did not get a chance to read my intro blog. I am currently The 2014-15 Project SERVE volunteer for Our Daily Bread. I love adventure, but I have not really gone anywhere of great distance from my home. I do not travel and so this was [...]
“Go Make a Difference!”
"Much has been given, much needs to be returned," Mike Buckley explained when asked why he and his wife Jeannette Suflita spend every Wednesday doing volunteer work at Our Daily Bread Employment Center. "Service is enriching. We're enriched too." Mike and Jeannette began volunteering with Catholic Charities more than six years ago, in March of [...]
Q & A with the Catholic Charities Dragon Boat Team
(l-r) Marvin Estes, Randy Davis, Jessica Wheatley, and Samantha Staub head out to practice. A few members of the Catholic Charities Dragon Boat Team took the time to share their tips, techniques and rituals to ensure top performance at practices and on race day. How do you prepare mentally for the grueling practices? Shopping – [...]
Meet Daisy Gabriel
My name is Daisy and I hail from the Windy City! I am honored to get to spend this year in Baltimore (although it has a lot to live up to if we’re comparing it to Chicago). I graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, so I am able to integrate some of my Vincentian values [...]
I’m excited about being part of the Noah’s Place Family
I have worked in Long Term Care for 15 years and was formerly the Director of Recreational Therapy at St. Elizabeth. After taking a year off to be with my family, I truly missed helping elders live full lives. When presented with the opportunity to be the Noah’s Place Neighborhood Guide, I knew in my [...]
Housing’s Betty Heitzer
In the five years that Betty Heitzer has worked for Catholic Charities, she has been the housing associate at six different senior housing buildings. Currently, she holds this title at our three tax-credit communities: Kessler Park, St. Mark’s and Everall Gardens. Betty is responsible for collecting rent, processing resident and applicant certifications, managing the wait [...]
Hal Smith, Executive Director Emeritus, Receives National Honor
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan presents Hal Smith with the national award. (Photo by Troy Zeigler) On September 26, Catholic Charities USA honored Hal Smith with the Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award at their annual gathering, held this year in Portland, Oregon. This prestigious national award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated excellence, creativity, and leadership in service [...]