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12/5/08
Charity Hopes 'Virtual' Dinner Raises Actual Funds
(New York Daily News) Catholic Charities of Brooklyn
and Queens is putting a twist on its annual Bishop's
Testimonial benefit dinner by cutting out the actual
dinner part and moving the entire venue to the Internet.
12/4/08
Catholic Charities Receives Grant from Target for
Toy Drive (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) Catholic
Charities of Brooklyn and Queens recently announced
a partnership with Target in recognition of its
efforts to provide toys and gifts to children in
need through the annual Christmas Toy Drive.
12/3/08
Fresh Start for a Teenager Who Wants to Be Heard
(New York Times)
Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens helps single
mom with tuition bill so that her talented teen
can enroll in the the Brooklyn HS of the Arts.
11/30/08
Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens Launches
2008 Christmas Toy Drive (Brooklyn
Daily Eagle) Robert Siebel, CEO of Catholic Charities
Brooklyn and Queens, lauded the collaborative efforts
of Flushing and Ridgewood Savings Bank and Shleppers
Moving and Storage.
11/27/08
Fighting to Keep a Home Remodeled to Meet a Disabled
Daughter’s Needs (New York Times)
As Ms. Wahid began to fall behind on other bills,
Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens helped.
11/26/08
Sex-Abuse Seminar Helps Social Workers See Child’s
Pain Through Art (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
An event sponsored by the Kings County District
Attorney’s Office in addition to Catholic
Charities Brooklyn and Queens.
11/20/08
An Appearance of Normalcy, for Her Son’s Sake
(New York Times)
Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens helps single
mother of 10 year old boy as she battles Cancer.
11/14/08
Unaffordable, Unsustainable (New York
Times) At Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens,
Debra found some relief. They gave her $1650 from
The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund for her mortgage
and utility bills.
11/10/08
Disputed Queens Housing Faces a Vote This Week (New
York Times) Queens for Affordable Housing, a coalition
of housing advocates, community groups and Catholic
Charities Brooklyn and Queens Demand Affordable
Housing at the city proposed Hunter's Point Development.
11/08/08
Catholic Charities is Now Seeing A Lot of New Faces
(The Tablet) Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens
Pathways to Self Sufficiency Employment and Education
Expo.
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December 2008
Bishop's
Testimonial Dinner: A "Virtual" Celebration
– For information, please
call Kathleen Somers at 718-722-6099.