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Hi There,I recently heard from Kelley, Catholic Charities’ Program Director for Montgomery County Domestic Violence & Crime Victim Services. As you may know, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I wanted to do my part and raise awareness around how domestic violence affects families in the communities we serve.Kelley shared Mark's story with me, and I wanted to share his experience with you today:Late one afternoon, we received a hotline call from Montgomery [...]

Catholic Charities' Sunnyside Child Development Center is getting some major improvements: new flooring, new light fixtures and a brand new roof!These much-needed renovations will create a safer, nicer and all-around more supportive environment for our Sunnyside children to learn and grow.“Renovations such as these are critical to ensuring that essential children and family services, like Sunnyside, remain etched in the North Central Troy community for future generations.  All [...]

Catholic Charities welcomes Michelle Thivierge as Director of Community PartnershipsCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany is pleased to welcome Michelle Thivierge as Director of Community Partnerships. Thivierge joins the Catholic Charities team with decades of community and ministry experience. Prior to coming to Catholic Charities, she worked as the Director of Community Engagement and Education at WMHT and at organizations such as Russell Sage College, Hudson Valley Community College, [...]

I'd like to take a moment to tell you about Olivia. Olivia was a typical 3-year-old girl. One morning, while wearing her favorite rainbow pajamas, Olivia went outside to play. While Mom and Dad were still inside, she began to wander down the street until a neighbor saw her walking alone and called the police. Upon entering Olivia’s home, the police found that her Dad had overdosed. Sadly, he did not survive. With drugs in the home creating an unsafe environment, Olivia was placed [...]

What do you remember about your childhood? Celebrating special holidays? Reveling in the first spring outing to the local ice cream stand? Or maybe traveling for a long-awaited family vacation?How about the anxiety around the first day of school? Painstaking attempts to navigate cliques and hormones and adolescence? Even with all the fun memories, growing up isn’t always easy. Tack on the challenges all of us have faced over the last two years and it’s not surprising that many of us [...]