Conversation on helping refugees from Afghanistan
You can see the online conversation about how you can help refugees arriving here from Afghanistan, here.
Farmers markets are still going this weekend
Late summer and early fall produce is still coming in and available at local farmers markets! Farmers with Common Earth Gardens will be looking for you at these markets tomorrow.
Lauren Goldener joins MRS team
Lauren Goldener is a Louisville native who is passionate about welcoming immigrants and refugees into our great city. She has moved around a lot the past couple years and is so excited to be back home. She loves to read, watch UofL sports, and hang out with her niece. She is so excited to be joining the team here at Catholic Charities. Welcome, Lauren!
Antonia Flores joins development team
Antonia Flores recently moved from Idaho to Louisville to take the position of AmeriCorps Vista Database Coordinator & Community Partner Tracker. Toni, as she prefers to be called, says she was completely unfamiliar with Louisville or even Kentucky for that matter when she was looking at jobs with AmeriCorps, but found the job to be exactly what she wanted. “It’s only a year,” she says, chuckling. “Why not […]
Bulletin announcements
Every month we send bulletin announcements to parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville. Here’s are this month’s announcements. FYI, we send both a text and a graphic version that bulletin editors can drop into their publications, and we send Spanish versions. Thanks to Language Services for the speedy and accurate translation! What we include here is just straight copy.
September 12
You can give to almost every […]
You can be an interpreter
If you’re proficient in English and other languages, consider becoming a well paid interpreter with us! Watch a video here and learn more at cclou.org.
Amir Hussein joins Common Earth Gardens
Amir Hussein has joined Common Earth Gardens as the new marketing coordinator. He will work with farmers in the Incubator Farm business training program, helping them learn to market their produce at markets and through CSAs.
Amir is a Somali refugee who has lived in America for 13 years. He has been a farmer for eight years and has been helping his parents on […]
Info session on helping Afghanistan
CCL is hosting an online information session on how the community can help people fleeing Afghanistan.
Colin Triplett, Rebecca Sim, and Lisa DeJaco Crutcher will share information on this fluid situation and how we can prepare to receive refugees.
The session will run from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, September 2. Please plan to participate and to tell you friends and family.
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Amy Nace DeGonda
Moving from a direct service position to a supervisory position I feel the best days have taken on new meaning. When I moved into this position, what was very important to me was that the case managers felt supported as their work can be very hard and overwhelming. When the pandemic hit I was very worried that with working mainly from home, being responsible for my children’s schooling, that I would not be giving the […]
Covid conscious at lunch
Dear Staff:
We understand that some of you have continuing questions and reservations about our return to the office in light of COVID. As information changes regularly and guidance from authorities is often lacking, it is difficult for us to provide definitive actions to avoid any and all risk.
The protocols we have implemented, however, offer significant […]