Providing Help, Creating Hope, Serving All
Providing Help, Creating Hope, Serving All
Terry Foley, director of Catholic Parish Outreach food pantry in Raleigh, is set to retire from that role at the end of June. Foley served as director for 14 years and, although she is stepping down, she intends to stick around. “I am planning to take the month of July off,” Foley explained. “Then I hope to get out and volunteer throughout the community, including at Catholic Parish Outreach and the new Catholic Charities Durham… Read More
As many as 5,000 people in Wake County experience homelessness each year, and currently, no single place exists where they can access all the resources they may need. Today marked a milestone in Raleigh’s innovative approach to end homelessness as ground was broken on the Oak City Cares facility. “Oak City Cares is a collaborative, community, approach bringing together government, nonprofits, the faith and business communities to make homelessness in Wake County brief, temporary and non-recurring,” said… Read More
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh is excited to announce the appointment of Kathy Johnson to serve as the executive director of Oak City Cares, a new comprehensive, coordinated approach to making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in Wake County. For over 20 years, Johnson had a distinguished career at InterAct in Raleigh, where she served in multiple roles, including two stints as the interim executive director, associate executive director for resource development, and… Read More
On a beautiful afternoon on Monday, June 11th, 176 golfers from across eastern North Carolina gathered at North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh for the inaugural Catholic Charities Drive Out Hunger Golf Outing. Over $52,000 was raised at the golf outing and will go towards supporting Catholic Charities food pantries across the Diocese of Raleigh. “This golf outing has really helped us to do quite a few things,” explained Lisa Perkins, executive director of Catholic… Read More