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Catholic Community Foundation grants $189,000 to Haiti relief efforts |
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By The Catholic Spirit
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
In the five weeks since an earthquake devastated Haiti Jan. 12, the Catholic Community Foundation has granted $189,022 to 14 nonprofit organizations engaged in or supporting relief efforts.
An injured girl receives water last from from a member of the Missionaries of Charity at a makeshift hospital in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following the earthquake that struck the nation Jan. 12. A portion of the earthquake relief funds granted by the Catholic Community Foundation benefited the Sacred Heart Haiti Foundation, which supports the Haitian branch of the Missionaries of Charity. - CNS photo / Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters
The donations were, in part, a response to the CCF’s Jan. 13 challenge to its board members and donors to raise $50,000 by Jan. 29 for Sacred Heart Haiti Foundation, according to a press release from CCF. That goal was exceeded by 21 percent when $63,416 was collected for the Rochester, Minn.-based nonprofit, CCF noted.
The remaining $125,606 was distributed to the American Red Cross,
American Refugee Committee, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and
Minneapolis’ Haiti Fund, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Central
Association of the Miraculous Medal, Church of the Annunciation’s
Mission Haiti Fund, Cross International, Friends of the Orphans, Hope
for Haiti, and World Vision International.
The mission of the St. Paul-based Catholic Community Foundation is to
financially support the spiritual, social and educational needs of the
Catholic community.
The Sacred Heart Haiti Foundation has been serving Haitians for 30
years. Dale and Joyce Grabarkiewicz established it as a way to provide
financial and volunteer support to the Haitian branch of the
Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of
Calcutta.
In Haiti, the order operates an orphanage and provides food, water, housing and medical aid to hundreds of Haitians every day.
The Grabarkiewiczes were in Haiti when the earthquake struck and
described the “unbelievable need” for help in the poverty-plagued
country, according to the CCF press release.
How to help
At this time, donations to the Sacred Heart Haiti Foundation may be
sent directly to the Sacred Heart Haiti Mission Foundation, Inc., 3304
Lake Street N.W., Rochester, MN 55901-7589.
To contribute to or learn more about the Catholic Community
Foundation’s Community Priorities Fund, visit
www.ccf-mn.org/Community_Priorities_Fund.html. Or call (651) 389-0877.
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