Why do you share your blessings with Catholic Charities? “We have been blessed with successful businesses that allow us to share and we have always felt that Catholic Charities is the best way to have our donations reach those in need in an organized fashion. “There are many who try to take advantage of charity and we trust that Catholic Charities can filter through the need and find those who truly require assistance.” - Randy & Alice Simon
WENDY GLICK Executive Director
LEANNE MILLER
Senior Director of Development
MARY BETH CHAMBERS Marketing and Communications Director
Catholic Charities’ Pittsburg office has moved occupying a tiny office space at A fter Wesley House for several years, and
spending much of 2020 in temporary offices because of the coronavirus, Catholic Charities is now settled into a new home in downtown Pittsburg. Staff moved into a 5,000 square foot space in the lower level of the BMO Harris Bank on Broadway in early November. The expanded space allows Catholic Charities to consolidate all of the ministries available in southeast Kansas into one space in the heart of downtown Pittsburg. The space now houses Southeast Kansas Services (SEK), SAFE Project and Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF). The new office also has a dedicated space which will allow Cana Counseling to offer telemedicine sessions in the future. “Through grants and partnerships, we have been able to greatly increase our capacity to serve more clients throughout southeast Kansas,” says Casey Brown, program director. “Catholic Charities has become a standard in housing and homeless services throughout the region.”
Christina Ricke, Chair K•Coe Isom
Christopher J. Goebel, Vice Chair Star Lumber & Supply Co., Inc.
Fr. Daryl Befort
April Shaner, Gerad Gabehart, Lou Ann Colyer, Casey Brown and Jami Crowder
Diocese of Wichita, St. Joseph Parish, Andale
without the intervention of Catholic Charities providing necessary services to assist with housing, utilities, resource navigation, and domestic violence prevention and safety planning,” Casey says. Together, the ministries can provide emergency assistance to those who need one-time help to remain in their current housing; prevention programs for those who are on the verge of homelessness due to being significantly behind on utilities or rent payments; and assistance with housing for those who are legitimately homeless.
Scott Bergkamp
Bergkamp Construction
Monte Cook
Commerce Bank
Christopher Dugan
Fiberglass and Composite Technology
Missy Hampel
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals
Stephen Hayes
Five Point Ventures, LLC
Mary Alice Johnson Kuman Learning Center
Most Rev. Bishop Carl A. Kemme, D.D. Bishop of Wichita
Patty Koehler
JR Custom Metal Products, LLC
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Jeff Leonard
Triplett, Woolf and Garretson, LLC
Catholic Charities Southeast Kansas Services 417 North Broadway, Suite B Pittsburg, KS 66762 Locust St.
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“The households we assist daily would face homelessness or be in an unsafe situation
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The programs collaborate while serving different populations. SAFE Project is specific for low-income survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who have a minor child, while SSVF serves homeless veterans of all ages and their families. SEK helps everyone else.
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Chuck Marshall
Community Volunteer
Ed Mikesell
Comfort Care Homes of Kansas City
Kevin Mitchelson
Wheeler & Mitchelson, Chartered
Kevin Mullen
Ritchie Associates, Inc.
Carol Streckfus Cohlmia Marketing
Sr. Marsha Wilson, ASC
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