Catholic Charities, Inc. - Diocese of Wichita

Foster Grandparent Friday! Grandma Maria Ortega is one of our new Foster Grandparents! She spent the last month of school serving at St. Patrick’s in the first grade. Grandma Maria loves to play and talk with her students. If you drive by the school during recess, you might even catch her playing soccer during recess! Grandma Maria says “it is a very good and sweet experience [being a Foster Grandparent] because you know you can help kids!”

September is Hunger Action Month to raise awareness of hunger in the United States and to take action to combat poverty, inequity, and injustice so we can end hunger for good. Join the fight to end hunger today. Donate by clicking https://give.catholiccharitieswichita.org/.

Today, we pause to remember all those who were lost, pray for their families, and honor all first responders and military members who serve and protect our country.

September is Su***de Prevention Month and today, September 10, is recognized as World Su***de Prevention Day. To learn more, https://www.catholiccharitieswichita.org/2024/09/10/how-can-you-help-prevent-su***de/.
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Now hiring full-time advocates to support survivors of domestic violence through case management services. Positions are available in Wellington/Winfield and Sedgwick/Butler county areas.

Visit us online to learn more or to apply: JobsatCCW.org

A grandparent is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. Celebrating all of the grandparents today.

Learn how you can become a classroom foster grandparent helping children succeed in school at https://www.catholiccharitieswichita.org/foster-grandparents/.

September is Hunger Action Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness of hunger in America and finding solutions within our communities. According to Feeding America, more than 47 million people, including 14 million children, in the United States are food insecure. Our Daily Bread Food Pantry supports those experiencing food insecurity so consider donating today! https://give.catholiccharitieswichita.org/

Looking back at Spirit Week and our Adult Day Services staff and participants absolutely loved the themes, but Decades day our staff went all out! What a fun way to come together and relive the past.

Our volunteer coordinator, Tiffany, recently attended the Community Engagement Fair at KansasCOM. This fair was a collaborative space for other local non-profits to showcase their mission and share their volunteer opportunities with the medical students. KansasCOM medical students often volunteer at Catholic Charities as a group or individuals. We are excited to partner with them again this year to offer their students volunteer opportunities within our ministries. Their med students are amazing volunteers for Catholic Charities!

Host a food drive! You can gather your family, friends, church community, work colleagues or neighbors to host a food drive. We can provide a toolkit for you to follow, just click this link: https://bit.ly/4gqWD0H.

We couldn’t ask for a better way to start our day than having the Chicken N Pickle group volunteer today! They eagerly cleaned the community rooms, sorted donations and assisted our facilities team in landscape cleanup at Harbor House. This is the third year in a row that we’ve partnered with them for their community give back. We’re looking forward to working with them for many more years! If your organization would like to volunteer at Catholic Charities, please contact Tiffany at [email protected] or 316-264-8344 ext. 1261.

Hunger Action Month is recognized in September to inspire people to take action and raise awareness of hunger in America.

Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, a ministry of Catholic Charities, relies heavily on community donations to serve nearly 1,000 families each month. We are on a mission to help raise awareness and stock the shelves of the food pantry. You can help!

Visit https://www.catholiccharitieswichita.org/2024/08/27/support-hunger-action-month-at-our-daily-bread-food-pantry/.

In honor of Labor Day, Catholic Charities offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 2.

If you are in need, please contact one of our 24/7 shelters:

Harbor House Domestic Violence Shelter: 316-263-6000
St. Anthony Family Shelter: 316-264-7233

Foster Grandparent Friday! Even during summer break our Foster Grandparents continue learning to better serve students! Congrats to our Foster Grandparents who completed the "Birth to Five" Summer Book Club, where they learned how to build student vocabulary, engage in pre-literacy tutoring, and connect with students using Developmentally Appropriate strategies. Thank you, ladies, for giving your time and effort to help students have a successful year!

If you are looking for opportunities to directly serve the hungry, homeless, disabled and abused in your community, Catholic Charities is in need of volunteers for a few of our ministries. Volunteers are needed for coordinating donation drives (Administration), program room volunteers (Adult Day Services), and coordinating food distribution (Our Daily Bread). Learn what opportunities are available at St. Anthony Family Shelter, Harbor House, Our Daily Bread Food Pantry and Adult Day Services by visiting CatholicCharitiesWichita.org/volunteer-opportunities, or call Tiffany at (316) 264-8344, ext. 1261.

A few more fun posts from Spirit Week! Animal print was the theme one day and multiple ministries showed us their wild side!

The BMO Bank team rolled up their sleeves and helped do a deep-clean of Harbor House today. Kudos to the group as they even cleaned and pulled weeds in the flower beds around the shelter! The BMO Bank team was amazing to work with and we love their kindness to share their time at our ministry!

Are you looking to work in a team-based environment serving others in our community? We are looking for new team members! To see Catholic Charities openings, please visit JobsatCCW.org.

It was a sunny 😎👓 day at Catholic Charities during Spirit Week so our staff and program participants were glad to be prepared! Mia, Cana Counseling's therapy dog and consistent Employee of the Month, loves to make sure she is always staying cool.

Spirit Week at Catholic Charities continues! Wear your favorite team shirt was a hit over at Adult Day Services with staff and participants! Take a peek at all the team choices, but it is clear the Chiefs are ahead in fans. !

To kick off our Spirit Week, we started with Crazy Sock Day! This week is being celebrated across Catholic Charities ministries so everyone is getting in on the fun! Can't wait to see what the rest of the week holds.

Foster Grandparent Friday!! Did you know all our Foster Grandparent volunteers receive monthly training in best practices to support literacy and social-emotional skills for the students they support in schools and early childhood centers? Our Program Director recently shared with directors across the country some of our exciting training initiatives at the AmeriCorps Seniors National Convening. Orientation classes are forming now for the fall semester-- call today to reserve a spot and learn more about how you can make a difference for children in our community!

Thank you to St. Jude for your continued support with meal train groups for Harbor House's weekend and holiday dinner needs. As a regular contributor, we appreciate this additional donation drive that brought much needed items from our wish-list to serve those experiencing domestic violence. This is incredibly impactful for our clients.

Join the Harbor House team at Catholic Charities and work to ensure families are safe and receive the support they need on their journey to a violence-free life.
Find your purpose at Harbor House at Catholic Charities. Open positions are available at JobsatCCW.org.

What a lovely tea party with a few of our Adult Day Services participants this week! Our activities coordinator, Melissa, puts on several flex activity options for smaller groups to get to know each other outside of their participant room. They enjoyed the fancy hats they got to adorn!
Learn more about Adult Day Services at Catholic Charities at https://www.catholiccharitieswichita.org/adult-day-services/.

Thank you Evergy for your donation to our Back to School Drive. Your gift supported 25 children in shelter with a backpack and all necessary school supplies. We appreciate you.

Where are you on this fall weather Friday? We are at the Global Leadership Summit 2024 learning leadership tips, meeting new friends and representing Catholic Charities Wichita!

Find your passion in providing psychotherapy to children, families, and individuals as a licensed clinical therapist at Cana Counseling. Apply today!

Catholic Charities Wichita works to serve the hungry, homeless, lonely, disabled and abused in southcentral and southeast Kansas. Be a part of empowering and stabilizing people in our community. Get involved at www.CatholicCharitiesWichita.org.

It's back to school season and we are grateful for the generous donation from Scheels of backpacks and school supplies. Our community partners continue to support our ministries that serve those in need!