Catholic Charities’ Joyce Family Food Pantry & Outreach, 67 E. Peral St., Wellsville, is adjusting service next month because of the COVID-19 virus: the Easter Food Box will be given out with pantry clients’ April pantry visit, and extended hours will be offered during Holy Week (April 6-10). Also, clients…
Yesterday, Catholic Charities food pantry staff, as well as employees from its Workforce and Education and Immigration and Refugee Assistance Program, pitched in to pick up and sort eggs, pastries, vegetables, fruit and more for distribution tothe agency’s nine food pantries in three counties (Erie, Cattaraugus and Allegany). More than 500 dozen eggs and other…
Educators Harvey Miles and Roni Ehlert put the packages together for their students. Challenging times call for creative methods. In response to the COVID-19 health crisis, Catholic Charities’ Department of Workforce and Education this week transitioned its high school equivalency preparatory classes to distance learning, as on-site classes were suspended….
Nutrition~Simply Said offered at area food pantries Wed, Feb 19th 2020 03:25 pm Pictured right, Nutrition Educator Cassandra Fee, left, and Steuerman, lead class. Nutrition~Simply Said, a grant-funded nutrition education program offered through Catholic Charities of Buffalo, is up and running at six of the agency’s nine area food pantries. The…
by Nancy Steves Mon, Dec 30th 2019 03:00 pm Volunteers sort books donated for the Christmas toy giveaway. The months spent by Catholic Charities of Buffalo preparing to provide both holiday and basic needs for many in the community resulted in success, agency officials report, but it couldn’t have been done…
by Kaitlin Jackson Fri, Dec 20th 2019 03:00 pm The East Delavan Academy Construction & Trades Training Program, a collaborative effort between Catholic Charities Workforce and Education and 716 Ministries, graduated nine students today. This was the second graduating class from the Academy; the first group graduated in April. Students…
by Kaitlin Jackson Mon, Nov 25th 2019 03:00 pm Catholic Charities’ Wellsville Food Pantry and Outreach at its Wellsville office, 67 East Pearl St., officially bears a new name. During a Holiday Open House held earlier today, the pantry was designated as the Joyce Family Food Pantry and Outreach. The…
by Kaitlin Jackson Thu, Nov 14th 2019 10:55 am Catholic Charities Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program recently relocated three of its Erie County offices, with a fourth move planned for its Jamestown office in Chautauqua County this week. The effected Erie County offices were located in Buffalo, Cheektowaga…
by Kaitlin Jackson Mon, Nov 4th 2019 11:00 am SPECIAL TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES from YMCA of the Twin Tiers Teaming up to help relative caregivers, the Olean and Wellsville YMCAs and Catholic Charities of Buffalo are proud to announce their strategic partnership to help provide further support to grandparents, relatives and…
Peaceprints of WNY, Catholic Charities of Buffalo and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office Launch Collaborative Local Reentry Pilot Initiative by Kaitlin Jackson Fri, Oct 25th 2019 11:00 am SPECIAL TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES from Peaceprints of WNY Peaceprints of WNY was recently awarded a $1,000,000 grant by the United States Department…