Take a look at some of our previous Purple Dress Runs. This event is a 5K run/walk through Jackson that benefits Catholic Charities’ Shelter for Battered Families. If you’d like to participate in more run/walk events, Stay tuned for your annual Run Foster Run event. All Purple Dress Run 2022 Purple Dress Run 2021 Purple …
Thanks to Dr. Safiya Omari, Chief of Staff City of Jackson; Diedra Clayborne; and the ladies of Jackson Victims Services for making our Domestic Violence Awareness event a success. It was wonderful to be there in person and witness your powerful words! All 2022
David Magee is the bestselling author of Dear Will: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss, a Publisher’s Weekly national bestseller, and other books including How Toyota Became #1 (Penguin), a bestseller in India. He’s also a founder and director of operations of the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University …
On the evening of August 23rd 2022, central Mississippi began a period of flooding that has continued until the present day, August 29th. Thousands have had to deal with the sudden displacement from their homes. Some of these same families have recently finished recovering from the floods in 2020. With the recent flooding in the …
Here at Catholic Charities, Inc, we want to help send the children back to school the right way by giving them the supplies they need to be successful in the upcoming year. Our annual giveaway provides school supplies, food, vaccinations, and fun for all students. Everything is free for anyone to come and enjoy. Also …
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – The second annual Caregivers Appreciation event aims to give caregivers of children raised in placements away from families the resources they need most. LaQuita Brown, the Catholic Charities Kinship Navigator Program Coordinator, says their organization provides information and resources caregivers may need to keep kids out of foster care and with …
In efforts to help grandparents and other family members who need a special general guardianship or uncontested custody agreement, a free legal clinic will be taking place next week. Joining us now to tell us more about this opportunity are Mississippi Access to Justice Commission Co-Chairman Rodger Wilder and Catholic Charities Kinship Navigator Program Coordinator LaQuita Brown.
Established in 1980, Catholic Charities, Inc. Jackson Victim Services Shelter for Battered Families has provided a safe refuge for adults (women and men) and their children escaping an abusive relationship for over 42 years. Jackson Victim Services is dedicated to helping victims survive the trauma caused by someone they once and still love and …
The Bishop’s Ball is an annual fundraising event, and all proceeds go to benefit the programs of CCI. Vendors provide items for us to auction off to bidders. It’s also a chance for everyone to get dressed up and enjoy an evening of laughs and drinks. All Bishop’s Ball 2022
The board of Catholic Charities (CCHT) and leadership of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux are pleased to announce the hiring of Chamon Williams as executive director of CCHT, effective in early May. Williams is a native of Houma who began her post-college work career with CCHT soon after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She joined Catholic Charities in Jackson, Mississippi in 2008, where she has been responsible …