Another good week
Kelly Grote joins MRS
Kelly Grote has joined Migration and Refugee Services as the Refugee Employment Specialist.
I was born and raised in Minnesota but spent the last 14 years in South Dakota. Before coming to Catholic Charities of Louisville, I worked for the Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls, SD, as the Workforce Development Coordinator, doing similar work to what I am doing now. In my off-time I like to knit, binge watch crime docs and podcasts, […]
Staff Stars for June
Well done all ye recipients of Staff Stars for the month of June!
Susan Kiningham
Maria Utley
Holly Baumer-Smith
Susan Smith
Chase Dontanville
Yanitza Reboredo
Denzel Young
Ahmad Alasadi
Lori Feris
Marissa Castellanos
Amy Nace DeGonda
Heidi Reyes
Rebecca Bank
Raquell Jackson
Tamar Israel
Mariya Kobayashi
Farmers Market at Market Street on Thursdays
The New American Farm Market featuring growers with Common Earth Gardens is available to all Catholic Charities employees every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can buy some of your traditional favorites, plus some vegetables you can’t get anywhere else in Louisville, like water spinach, African eggplants, or Chayote squash, pictured here.
The market is aimed at providing newly arriving refugees access to the fresh foods they are accustomed to. Common Earth […]
Bakhita takes training to Kentucky Bar Association
Heidi Reyes and Amy Nace-DeGonda provided a training, “An Overview of Human Trafficking in Kentucky” at the Kentucky Bar Association “All Rise” Annual Conference in Owensboro, Kentucky, in June. They presented on human trafficking laws and terminology, local cases, and services available for survivors. There were approximately 160 attorneys and judges present for the training.
Thanks for representing us so well, Heidi and Amy!
Needs rising at Sister Visitor Center
As reported in The Record Newspaper:
https://enews.therecordnewspaper.org/The-Record-06302022-e-Edition/3/
Photo by Ruby Thomas, The Record
Please consider giving
Please consider helping two local families with expenses in the untimely deaths of their young sons. One family was resettled here by our Migration and Refugee Services team. This link was passed along by Zeljana Javorek. Thank you. https://www.gofundme.com/f/h6chm7-funeral-cost
CT info session next week
Know someone who needs job training? Or wants to learn more about culinary arts?
Get your job training here! Tuition is already covered! Students completing our Common Table culinary arts job training program can earn 8 credit hours from […]
Can you help with back-to-school supplies?
We’re collecting back-to-school supplies to give to kiddos served by our programs. You still have time to rally your family, friends, social clubs, parishes, and churches to pitch in. Here’s the link to our Amazon wishlist! https://a.co/6lSP8YK
Food for body and soul served at food pantry
It was easy to see that she was without a home. Her hands were dark and weathered, her face etched with age and dirt. She had come to the Father Jack Jones Food Pantry for food, sure, but also for the kind faces and the easy conversation. She asked Deacon Andy Heinsohn if he would pray for her. “Of course,” he answered softly, and took her aside for a private moment. He held her hands in his and prayed for […]