CAT-07201 Annual Report_029.indd - Catholic Charities of the ...

We help your neighbors,
as you would like to be helped
if your family were in need.
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llness and mounting medical bills threatened to destroy Suzanne and her
husband’s once-stable lives. Suzanne suffers from C.O.P.D., chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
“Catholic Charities provided all-encompassing advocacy—financial and
emotional—in my time of need,” Suzanne said. “They took the burden from
me with kindness, generosity and compassion so I could go forward.”
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