by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Monthly E-Newsletter
CSS gives help and hope during Covid closures People unable to pay their bills. Grandparents suddenly asked to provide childcare for grandchildren. Parents wondering how they would pay this month’s rent. Families struggling to put food on the table. They all found a...
by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Monthly E-Newsletter
19 UP moms graduate from college When Tyresha Riquelmy-Yankton was first accepted into the Uplifting Parents Program (UP) in 2019, she was hesitant about the mentoring that she would be asked to do twice each month with an UP mentor. “At first I thought, ‘I don’t need...
by admin | May 27, 2020 | Monthly E-Newsletter, Prosperity Initiative
Per·se·ver·ance: noun Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Tenacity. Determination. Resolve. Resolution. Dedication. Endurance. Commitment.You could add Anna Castillo’s name to that dictionary definition. Twenty years after...
by admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Monthly E-Newsletter
UPLIFTING PARENTS helps single parents succeed: Applications close March 14 Determination. Hard work. And the support of her Uplifting Parents mentor. Kaitlyn, the single mother of a 3-year-old toddler, credits those three ingredients with helping her earn a ...
by admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Monthly E-Newsletter
I grew up in a big family with three siblings and over twenty cousins. I was very blessed to have two parents who loved each other and each of their children. They were positive role models that I wanted to be like for my own children one day. Holidays, birthdays,...
by admin | Jan 14, 2020 | Monthly E-Newsletter
Monae Johnson has been parenting children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder for the past 16 years, but the FASD Parenting 101 class at Catholic Social Services she attended recently was still a great reminder that there’s always something new to learn, or relearn,...
