Tornadoes brought two distinct paths of destruction through Creek County on May 26, 2019, each extending more than 12 miles long and 1,200 feet wide. Numerous structures across the county, including homes, businesses, and schools, sustained serious damage. The Creek County Long Term Recovery Group (CCLTRG) is a network of...
Each year, Catholic Charities programs depend on the funds raised by our annual fundraising gala, Cooking Up Compassion. In the midst of the pandemic, holding an event for such a large crowd was just not possible.
As the need for food and other social services has skyrocketed during the pandemic, Catholic Charities continues to provide greater access to food across Eastern Oklahoma.
2020 was a lost year for education for many students, but not for the 101 GED/HiSET graduates of the Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma Adult Education program.
Barry Corum reflects on this past year as he sits in an empty warehouse at Catholic Charities’ main campus in North Tulsa. An upcoming renovation project has temporarily moved the food distribution to a warehouse at 59th and Mingo. Hundreds of volunteers alongside Barry stepped up since March of 2020...
Gathering Place is partnering with Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma to become a distribution location to provide free food boxes through the USDA Farmers To Families Food Box Program.
Several local businesses are assisting public health officials to distribute 40,000 disposable masks to help stymie the transmission of COVID-19. Masks will be available free at Reasor’s Foods, Rib Crib and Catholic Charities, according to a news release. The masks are being donated by Saint Francis Health System.
In the next chapter of 2020 complications, flu season is coming to Tulsa alongside the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Cindy Stidham never thought that at 56 she’d be pawning off her belongings just to keep the utilities on. She never thought that in Tulsa, where she’s lived and worked for the past decade, that she’d be walking to a nonprofit in November to pick up a Thanksgiving dinner; towing...
Standing on the auditorium stage with her diploma in hand, 78-year-old Maria Castro felt like a queen. A lifetime of sacrifice and limitations prevented her from pursuing the school experience, but the newly minted American persevered.
