January 25, 2021
Comments Off on Catholic Family Center receives PPE donation from Bank of America
Catholic Family Center has received a second, significant donation of personal protective equipment from community partner Bank of America. The most recent donation includes 60,000 masks, 50 cases of hand sanitizer and 24,000 pairs of protective gloves. The PPE will ...
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July 29, 2020
Comments Off on Hundreds of local families receive food donations from Price Rite, Feed the Children
Price Rite Marketplace has teamed with anti-hunger organization Feed the Children, as well as PepsiCo and Catholic Family Center to distribute food and essentials to 400 local families. The Wednesday event is part of the supermarket’s 2020 Feeding Minds & ...
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September 10, 2019
Comments Off on Groups call on Albany to implement caregiver tax credit
Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc. has joined three dozen health, consumer and aging organizations in a bid to include a middle-class tax credit for family caregivers in the next state budget proposal. Some 36 groups cosigned a letter to Gov. ...
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February 22, 2019
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Catholic Family Center has been awarded a $225,000 grant to expand its naturalization and citizenship services. The two-year Citizenship and Assimilation Grant from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will allow CFC to provide low-cost legal services for lawful permanent residents, ...
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October 2, 2018
Comments Off on Agency receives more than $2 million for refugee services
Catholic Family Center has received more than $2 million in grants to support immigrants seeking naturalization and citizenship. As the sole awardee in Monroe County, CFC will receive a state Refugee Social Services Program award of up to $1.8 million ...
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August 13, 2018
Comments Off on PepsiCo and Feed the Children partner to feed 800 local families
A partnership between PepsiCo and Feed the Children will help supplement meals for 800 Rochester families in need. Now in its fourth year, the PepsiCo and Feed the Children partnership is part of a larger initiative between the two organizations ...
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June 21, 2018
Comments Off on Catholic Family Center awards scholarships to two refugees
Catholic Family Center at its annual meeting Wednesday awarded college scholarships to two unaccompanied refugee minors who will graduate from the Rochester City School District this week. Destalem Lemlem came to the U.S. as a refugee from Eritrea in 2014. ...
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November 6, 2017
Comments Off on Catholic Family Center’s annual program helps families in need
Catholic Family Center is gearing up for its annual Adopt-a-Family program. Each year, the organization collects holiday gifts and food for families in need. In 2016, more than 100 donors and dozens of schools and businesses collected gifts for some ...
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Read More »Catholic Family Center is gearing up for its 14th annual Empty Bowls Rochester event. On Oct. 19, Kodak Center Theater, formerly Theater on the Ridge, will open its doors to patrons wishing to purchase soup donated by area chefs and ...
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