Program Delivers Education & Support to Pregnant Moms
A healthy pregnancy is one of the best ways to promote a healthy birth. For some expectant women, however, access to prenatal care is not always an option. [...]
Kids Summer Food Program Wraps Up Another Successful Year
Having daily access to ample, nutritious food is something many of us take for granted. We so frequently will wake up, get ourselves ready for a day of [...]
Jim and Dee’s Hope Story: Volunteering Leads to Friendship
Keith and his wife Shelly were paired with Jim and Dee for over eight years through Catholic Charities’ Friendly Visitors program. Jim and Dee never had children. Each [...]
Adoption Hope Story: A Story of Love
We had an adoption finalize recently. While every adoption finalization is a hope story of God’s divine intervention, God’s grace and beauty, and God’s love for all his [...]
Mary’s Hope Story: Becoming Financially Stable
Mary is a bus driver and only receives steady income during the school year. A Program Specialist has been working with her for the last 7 months through [...]
Brent’s Story — St. Rita Program Highlight
Brent, age 40, was raised on a farm in Basehor, KS. Like many hard working families, both of his parents worked full-time jobs. Growing up, Brent spent many [...]
Featured Volunteer Opportunity: Shalom House
Ways to Make a Difference Are you looking for a way to give back to your community? Do you want to participate in meaningful work with a bigger purpose? [...]
Bukaty Companies Help Foster Grandparents Navigate Healthcare Options
Foster Grandparents Program (FGP) participants beat the summer heat earlier this month as Carl Simonie, with the Bukaty Companies, was joined by Eddy Scanlon, with Humana, to hand [...]
Summer of Service
They sorted food. They hung up clothing. They served! This summer, we were blessed to have eight youth groups put love into action and volunteer at our Hope Distribution [...]
School Supply Drive Equips Kids and Provides Relief to Families
Parishes and community partners showed their love for the kids in our community with back-to-school drives to benefit those served by Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas. This year, Sacred [...]
Friendly Visitors Have Your Number — and They’ve Got You Covered
Beulah Carrington of Topeka has never let her own disability get in the way of helping others. One of Catholic Charities’ Friendly Visitors for 22 years now, Carrington [...]
Summer Program Helps Refugee Children Prepare for School
A refugee child named Sabrin takes part in Catholic Charities’ Refugee and Immigrant Services third Refugee Youth Summer Program July 15-19. The goal of the program is to [...]