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April 2021
When Juan finally moved in, the only
possessions he owned were some clothes. He
needed everything to furnish his apartment.
Juan’s Catholic Charites case manager worked
to find him everything he needed to live in his
new apartment. We were able to provide Juan
with all the basics he needed to enjoy his new
home with a combination of items from the
Resale Center, items bought with donations,
and staff pitching in. And, because of the
generosity of our community, we were also
able to pay for Juan’s utility deposit so he
could have his electricity service connected.
When Juan’s case manager delivered the items
that had been collected, donated, and
purchased for him, she was very moved by his
grateful smile and the tears that flowed from
his eyes. He was so thankful for this blessing.
Juan made his case manager realize that life
can get very hard at times, but we can’t give
up!
Some of our neighbors need us in big ways
with help rebuilding a life for themselves.
Other neighbors need us in smaller ways, with
Home Sweet Home
just one bill to get them through an
emergency. Whether the need is big or small,
our neighbors know they can reach out to
Catholic Charities received a phone call from Catholic Charities. And, Catholic Charities
an apartment manager we have worked with knows we can rely on our community to
before. The apartments are income based, and continue to help us support those in need.
the manager asked if we could assist an elderly
man that just became a tenant. Juan had been Thank you to all our donors who make
homeless for many years and had stayed off Juan's story and so many other's possible!
and on at the Salvation Army. He recently
became eligible for Social Security payments
and started saving his money so he could have
1,960 lives impacted
enough to cover his first month's rent and
deposit at an apartment. 2,921 services provided
January-March 2021
Dear Friends,
Happy Easter! I hope and pray that this Easter
Season has been filled with joy. I personally feel
the presence of God everywhere I turn, especially
after having experienced loss multiple times
since October 2020. Our recent Facebook Live
COVID-19 prayer service joined so many families
through their grief and sorrow. Thank you for
your continued prayers for all who have lost loved
Compassion is always at the forefront of our efforts.
ones.
We know too many of our neighbors have not
experienced compassion like we have; we can only
At Catholic Charities, we continue to support
give what we receive. We hope you will join us in
people who are hurting right now. Their hurt has
this effort to provide compassion, hope, and mercy
propelled us to respond in a variety of ways, such
to those in need. They desperately need your help
as continued counseling vouchers through the
and support now more than ever. Most importantly
Mental Health Voucher Program, dedicated work
we want them to experience the love of Christ!
with Kinship families by providing resources and
support for children being raised by relatives, and
May the joy of Easter bring you to a new confidence
continued assistance with rent for families who
in Christ’s love and unfathomable mercy. May our
have been impacted by the pandemic.
eyes be opened to a new awareness of the pain that
is all around us. May God’s infinite mercy that is
bestowed on us, be the type of mercy we show to
others, especially those in need.
Compassion is always In Christ,
at the forefront of our
efforts. Cynthia Quintanilla
Executive Director
Thank You,
Virginia Alamanza!
Virginia has been a longtime friend of Catholic
Charities. After working for Catholic Charities for 32
years and retiring, she continued to volunteer at the
Resale Center and served on our board for the past
6 years. Virginia Alamanza dedicated decades of her
life serving the Catholic Diocese of Amarillo and
Lubbock in support of those in need within the
community. With tireless and loving effort, she
touched the lives of countless people in the area,
giving them hope and preparing them for their
future. We are grateful to Virginia, her husband
John, and the seven children of the Alamanza
Virginia Alamanza retired from Catholic Charities' family for their generous and unfailing support of
Board this past January. Catholic Charities and the significant impact their
family has had on lives in our community.
April is Child Abuse
Empowerment Prevention month
87 families helped through the Parent Empowerment Program
January-March 2021 One of the most important things we can do
to help children thrive is to support families
Catholic Charities assisted a single mom with two
before they reach a crisis. Learn more about
children. She originally called in for assistance
how Catholic Charities supports families at:
with textbooks. She was a full time college
cclubbock.org/youth-and-families.
student at South Plains College. Her counselor at
SPC referred her to us because she was enrolled
in a very intensive program at SPC and she could
not work while in school. She has been enrolled Youth and Families
in our Parent Empowerment Program for two
years and will graduate with her Associate’s
1454 counseling and coaching sessions
January-March 2021
degree this summer. She already has a full time
job which she will start immediately after A rural case manager is working with a youth,
graduation. She is the first person in her family to Casey, that is dealing with anxiety and has been
graduate from college and is excited about her enrolled in FAYS services for two months.
future and the future of her family! She knows Together, they have been working on gratitude
that achieving her dream of graduating from journals and anxiety techniques in sessions.
college will inspire her children, as well. Casey’s mom reported that Casey has been doing
good at home and school and has not had any
anxiety attacks for the past 2 months. Casey has
been writing in the journal at home before bed
and using the new anxiety techniques she’s
learned. Since Casey has been using these
techniques, she said she has not experienced any
more issues with anxiety. Small changes are
making a huge difference in Casey’s family!
Immigration
154 families assisted with immigration paperwork
January-March 2021
Working with clients on their legal immigration
paperwork has been more difficult this year due
to the pandemic. Yet, our case managers have
Resale Center
continued to work with families through email,
mail, and over the phone to help them through
every step of the process. One family’s paperwork
$6,000 worth of goods to those in need
took several months to finish, but they now have
January-March 2021
an appointment scheduled to get their
permanent residency in May. They are so excited A Communities in Schools counselor reached out
to be closer to their goal of becoming citizens. to the store asking if we could help one of her
students. The student and his dad had just gotten
into a new apartment and had no furniture. All
they wanted was a couch. The store had a couch
Need help? Visit our website: that we were able to donate to the family. Father
www.cclubbock.org and son were so happy for the couch. Sometimes
one thing makes all the difference.
Supporting those $75,000
in need
Donations significantly lower for Fiscal $50,000
Year 2020-2021
In previous years the Night to Remember net
profit was more than $60,000. Last year, the net
profit from our virtual A Time to Remember was $25,000
only $33,220. What may seem like only a fun night
out, Night to Remember is actually an essential
way we support our services in an unrestricted
way. Catholic Charities depends on this $0
2017 2018 2019 2020
unrestricted money to serve those in our
Night to Remember Net Profit
community whose needs do not fall under grant
requirements or when the needs in our
community exceed a grant’s budget. Simply put, the needs this year exceed the
money we had available to give. The current
fiscal year services will remain under funded
from fundraising without your immediate
support.
Please give today (or before June 30) to
help us reach our usual fundraising profit
and provide the usual one-of-a-kind
services of Catholic Charities.
Ways to give
By mail:
With the included envelope or by mailing a check
to 102 Ave J, Lubbock, TX 79401
Online:
Make a one-time donation or set up recurring
donations securely online by check or credit card at
www.cclubbock.org/donate
With your smart phone:
Simply scan the QR code to the right with your
phone's camera app or find us in the Venmo app
@Catholic-CharitiesLBK
Stay Connected
Save the Date: (806) 765-8475
www.cclubbock.org
Night to Remember @CatholicCharitiesofLubbock Partner Agency of
September 24, 2021
@CatholicCharitiesLubbock
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