Program areas at Catholic Charities Tell City
PERRY COUNTY FOOD COALITION - Catholic Charities serves as the fiscal agent for the Perry County Food Coalition. The 5 food pantries in Perry County come together to share resources with the mission of being more efficient in the pantry system. Food drives that are conducted throughout the county, both non-perishable goods and monetary donations, are brought to Catholic Charities office. The food is weighed and stored until the pantries meet to pick up the food. Funds are distributed on their behalf with the local food bank in Evansville for the individual pantries to use. Due to the efforts of Catholic Charities, on behalf of the food coalition members, during the time period of July 1,2022 to June 30, 2023 the Food Pantries gave away 200,000 pounds of food.
LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES - Lifeline for Families helps pregnant women and families with small children including our Early Years Store. Our Early Years Store was open for families to shop. They shop for essentials (bottles, bibs, small hand toys, highchairs, baby swings, car seats, and pack n plays,) and baby clothing up to size 2t. Formula and diapers are also given during shopping sessions. Our store changes with the seasons. We have had 91 shoppers, which is a total of 411 individuals helped during the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE -CATHOLIC CHARITIES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM has touched the live of many folks during this time. From 07/01/22 to 06/30/23 we served 233 families and 626 individuals with rent, utilities, and prescriptions.
Catholic Charities Tell City, Inc. offers other program services to benefit those in need including a budgeting class, a weekly hot meal program and a food and clothing pantry. 14 people graduated from the budgets basics classes and the weekly hot meal program served 1321 people during this year. During the months of November to March we give away free coats, hates, gloves, and scares to anyone who is in need. We gave away 219 coats, 176 hats, 187 pairs of gloves, and 56 scarves during this time.