In 2013, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden was awarded a grant from the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation to fund a new program, the “Salem Nutrition Initiative,” in Salem County, New Jersey. This program, focused on improving access to and education about fresh fruits and vegetables among lower income, food insecure Salem County families, has […]
Bishop Dennis Sullivan presents the Catholic Charities’ Justice For All 2014 organizational ACTION award to Andy Lipenta, State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus, who accepted the award on behalf of the New Jersey state Knights of Columbus; Patricia Bivins, Virginia Brannigan and Kathryn Noble with Kevin Hickey, executive director of Catholic Charities, who presented […]
Ten Burmese refugees listened intently as master gardeners Rebecca Szkotak and Chris Waldron offered nuggets of gardening wisdom. The Burmese’ community gardens will benefit next spring from the gardeners’ advice on composting, rain water collection, and, especially, keeping away those pesky turkeys. The garden training took place on Oct. 2 at the Camden County Environmental […]