You can change lives. 
A $10 gift — the cost of two lattes — buys $90 worth of food.
A $30 gift — the cost of dinner and a movie — provides two nights’ of shelter and hot meals at the Dorothy Day Center.
A $100 gift — less than the cost of many cell phones — helps a pregnant woman get the prenatal care she needs to deliver a healthy child.
Diane lived at the Dorothy Day Center. Homeless, she slept on a mat on the floor. Staff at the Dorothy Day Center helped Diane find stable housing. Today she attends nursing school.
Every day, Catholic Charities moves people out of poverty. And we keep people from sliding into poverty.
Young parents — 14, 15 and 16 years old — learn how to manage a budget, take parenting classes and get the support they need to complete school and find a job. In fact, 92 percent of parents involved in Parenting Services remain in school and find a job.
Our Senior Care Management program works to keep senior citizens in their homes as long as safely possible. The average annual cost of a nursing home is $70,000. Catholic Charities spends $1,700 a year for each client.
At Northside Child Development Center in North Minneapolis, children age six weeks to 16 years participate in educationally sound, age-appropriate programming before and after school. Children who go through Northside’s early childhood education program score better on their kindergarten readiness tests than their peers. A remarkable achievement made even more noteworthy when you consider the children come from homes with average annual incomes of $8,000 to $14,000.
You can change lives. To make a gift, click here.
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