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Catholic Charities is celebrating 85 years of service this year, and there are people in our community who remember more than half way back to our founding in 1923. Specifically, one woman remembered a time when she and her family were in need and Catholic Charities had responded.
Fifty years ago, she and her husband could not afford to purchase a First Communion dress for that special day for one of their six girls. The Ladies of Charity provided. This small but significant deed was never forgotten. The mother of that First Communicant remembered what it meant to her and her daughter.
Last fall, when she saw in her church bulletin a need for toys for teenagers for Catholic Charities’ Christmas effort with the Western New York Holiday Partnership, she wanted to give back. So she responded and sent a check for $100 to the Ladies of Charity to ensure that the wishes of other children would not be dashed and they would find joy at Christmas.
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