Christopher first came to Catholic Charities West Virginia for assistance in November of 2014. At that time, he was struggling with part time employment and lack of transportation. He traveled to the Southern Region Office by bus and met Program Assistant Nancy Blankenship. That day he not only received assistance with obtaining food, but he...
Category: Charity in Action
Paying It Forward
On August 31, a surprise arrived at the Romney Outreach Office. Outreach Coordinator Teresa Reddick was presented with a wonderfully generous donation from the members of the West Sunrise Landowners Association, Inc. The association, which had been inactive since 2001, was subsequently dissolved. After some discussion at their final meeting, the members decided by unanimous...
Facilitating Greater Self-Sufficiency
By Katie Hinerman Klug Families face poverty for multiple reasons, and there is no single solution. Because of this, helping families get out of poverty is complicated. Telling people in poverty to make better decisions, and penalizing them when they don’t, is ineffective. At the same time, simply providing money to meet their basic needs...
Motherly Love Motivates Success
A mother’s love for her children is many times the only source of strength in times of crisis. Single mothers are no exception; rather, they may experience this often. In difficult environments, success can be difficult to attain yet is vital to improving a family’s well-being. Brenda, a native of McDowell county, was married at...
Volunteer’s craft helps mothers in need
Mabel Winesburg hand crocheted eight hats and two blankets for mothers with newborns. Catholic Charities WV’s Birth to Three received them from a volunteer with RSVP program and will deliver them to mothers in need.
The Cooperation of the Human Family
The Cooperation of the Human Family is the title of Chapter five of Caritas in Veritate, in which Pope Benedict the XVI quotes Pope John Paul II, Encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae. “The development of peoples depends, above all, on the recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not...
Kouper’s Story
The benefits of West Virginia Birth to Three services were even greater than we could have imagined for Kouper. My son Kouper, now six years old, participated in WVBTT beginning when he was seven months old and completed at three when he transitioned into special needs preschool. When Kouper was born after a very complicated...
Photos from Partners in Early Intervention Conference
“Partners in Early Intervention” Early Childhood Conference supporters: West Virginia Birth to Three RAU Region One Catholic Charities WVa /Diocese of Wheeling Charleston Wheeling Hospital Ohio County Family Resource Network Northern Panhandle Head Start/ Early Head Start Youth Service Systems Child Care Resource Center Easter Seals Sister’s of Saint Joseph – Health and Wellness Foundation...