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Feeding the Hungry andSheltering the HomelessYour generous donations enabled…5,300,0003,3002,0001,5002,500nutritious meals to be served in parish and community food programsfamilies to receive intervention to avoid homelessnessindividuals to live in temporary and transitional apartmentsindividuals to sleep in emergency overnight sheltersfamilies to live in affordable housing“When you help people who are justdesperate, when you see them andthey come and hug you and cry inyour arms, I don’t know if there’sa better feeling. Working withCatholic Charities has just beeneverything you could have hopedfor. Everybody should realize thatwhen you put your money there, it’sgoing to go where you want it to go.”—Rusty Staub, Retired Major LeagueBaseball Player10 Annual Report 2008
A former broadcast journalist, Elviralost her career and home whenshe suffered a massive strokeat the age of 31.“Hope is a big word when you havenothing. Catholic Charities unlockedthe door and gave me hope.They’re my family now.”—ElviraChildren hungry at night and in the morning, seniors too frail to care forthemselves and homeless men sleeping in doorways find shelter, sustenanceand compassion at Catholic Charities emergency shelters, food pantries,soup kitchens and temporary and traditional residences. Catholic Charitiesunderstands the need to protect and create housing that families can afford.The Association of New York Catholic Homes protects affordable housingsponsored by the New York Archdiocese. It preserved more than 2,000housing units owned by twelve Archdiocesan-sponsored housingcorporations and will build new affordable housing units on Archdiocesanand Parish-owned properties.www.catholiccharitiesny.org 11
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Page 5 and 6: A Message from the Chairman of the
Page 7 and 8: When an emergency strikes a family,
Page 9 and 10: Catholic Charities Big Sisters and
Page 11: Cardinal Egan joined benefactors An
Page 15: Mr. and Mrs. James B. Lee, Jr.Lesli
Page 19 and 20: The Cardinal’sCommitteefor Charit
Page 21 and 22: Leslie, a single mother, had to giv
Page 23 and 24: Catholic Big Sistersand Big Brother
Page 25 and 26: Lavelle School for the Blind3830 Pa
Page 27 and 28: Society of St. Vincent De Paul,Cent
Page 29 and 30: At Catholic Charities Guild for the
Page 31 and 32: Services Touching Almost EveryHuman
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