Grant and O.Carm. Sponsor

Summary

OLMC-Fairfield

St. Vincent de Paul, Patrick Gavin

Grant was used for food, clothing, motels, rent, utilities.  Motels for the homeless, rent for those facing eviction, and help with utility costs.  172 people served with JPIC money. Received 15-20 calls per day for assistance.

Paradise Traditional Housing,

Nelson Belizario

Providing the homeless with essential items. In operation since 1994. No other sources of funding are listed. Provided clothing, hygiene kits, client travel. Many items purchased were destroyed by a fire. No images of items that were purchased or info about people that were helped.

Asoc Virgen del Mnte Carmelo

 Torreón, Méx Rogelio Garcia

Money used for food, payment to cooks, gas, electricity, water, kitchen utensils. No details on how money was spent, though the images helped.  Help was provided by the grant for those with very low incomes, especially the old and migrants.

Our Lady of the Road, Indiana

Matt Gummess

The grant application originally was a request for creating a laundry at the Catholic Worker House, but they received approval from JPIC to switch to paving repair.  The paving to help mobility. The total paving project cost $28000.

Sta Lucía, Yamaranguila, Alfredo Guillén

Hunger Outreach Program: Stove, blender, emergency medication assistance and food service providing food for seniors, serving 1,350 meals while also addressing needs of 28 seniors living in extreme poverty.

St. Agnes School,

Phoenix, AZ

 Brad Peterson

The funds were allocated for “school uniforms, including shirts, pants, skirts, jumpers, and other required items”.  No images provided or details about costs.

Crespi High School,

Encino, CA

Tom Batsis

Link to web script to track service hours (in development) given:We anticipate it being completed in the next 2-3 months, at which point we will do a “soft launch”, with a full transition to this system for the 2025-2026 school year

Crespi High School,

Encino, CA

Tom Batsis

Detailed information including costs (up through October) for purchasing of the MegaReencle for the high school’s Green Initiative. MegaReencle Cost $7,380, – Carmelite JPIC grant of $2,500, Victory Nell grant for $1,000,  Initial down payment of $1,500 followed by $500 per month.

Domestic Workers United, Nelson Belizario

Detailed list of costs for eviction assistance (8 Caribbean immigrant households) and eviction prevention presentation (tenants’ rights, eviction prevention, how to prevail in housing court.

St. Patrick Parish Homeless Outreach

Niagara Falls, ON

Gerard Powers

We purchased 50- $10 and 100- $15 Tim Hortons Gift Cards and distributed them to the homeless. With the 40% exchange rate, they were able to purchase some $50 Grocery cards to help needy families.

Emergency/Disaster Supply Kit,

Washington DC

Barry Dineen

Whitefriars Hall JPIC committee: We continue to assist vulnerable populations in the DMV area, focusing on migrants working as day laborers with hygiene items  to be included in our monthly food distributions. These efforts were led by the JPIC committee with help from the broader community. More than 100 individuals were served at each event.