Giving Hope

Catholic Charities is grateful for local support that helps us walk along side individuals and families in crisis and give hope. Individual donors, community partners, corporate partners, Catholic parishes and schools, and volunteers all help advance our mission to help our community’s most vulnerable.

Andrea Enfield and Mary Haffner, students from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., have friends spending their spring break in San Diego, Las Vegas and Mexico - but these students have committed to serving others.

Gonzaga volunteers

Andrea Enfield and Mary Haffner, students from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., have friends spending their spring break in San Diego, Las Vegas and Mexico - but these students have committed to serving others.

Gonzaga volunteers

Enfield and Haffner are a part of a group of 12 students who are spending time in Phoenix to help children in Catholic Charities unaccompanied minor program while the rest of the group volunteered at the Westside Head Start program. “The kids are so loving that the language barrier isn’t an issue,” said Haffner.

Gonzaga volunteers

Enfiled and Haffner read stories, taught lessons and engaged the children in various activities including dress up. “Laughter doesn’t have a language,” said Enfield.

Gonzaga volunteers

They have received kudos for their work, “We are doing what everyone should do,” Haffner said. “It is the biggest privilege that we get to travel here to serve.”

You can help too! Please consider volunteering or becoming a monthly supporter of the Foster Care Fund Team today!


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Holly Yzquierdo is an experienced Marketing and Communications Manager and has served at Catholic Charities since 2014. She is passionate about helping nonprofits share the impact of their work in a digital world. Holly has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cameron University. Outside of work, Holly enjoys spending time with her family.

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