Posted on 08/16/2022 6:31:53 PM PDT by marshmallow
The decrease in donations makes it harder to help students with annual school-supply drives
Each year at back-to-school-time, many parents are in sticker shock about school-supply costs.
This year, with inflation, is no exception as parents pay more for everything from notebooks to backpacks and calculators.
Never mind shoes and clothes, and for some, laptops.
The National Retail Federation reported in June that school-supply prices were expected to increase by 40% and one loan company said 37% of parents with school-age children said they are unable to afford back-to-school shopping.
Last year, many families had help with these purchases through the government's monthly payments with its child tax credit.
This year, not only are families feeling the pinch, but service agencies are seeing a decrease in donations.
Catholic Charities agencies around the country are helping with annual school-supply drives to get backpacks and notebooks in the hands of as many students as possible.
"Unfortunately, the decrease in donations makes it harder to serve those that are in need the most," said Amy Lambert, community resources coordinator for Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois.
Lambert, who has coordinated the agency's back-to-school fair for the past 10 years, said the event has been streamlined since COVID-19 with a drive-thru model offering families who have registered the supplies they need.
The agency has sponsored these fairs for more than 30 years. On its website, it says they are necessary because students need basic supplies and places to keep everything to learn effectively and have the same advantages as their peers.
(Excerpt) Read more at ucanews.com ...
Unimaginable, why would donations/tithing be declining???
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Catholic charities?!?!
Don’t you have some illegal immigrants to give your $$ to??
If anything we should be taxing the Church.
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That is because catholic charities are the biggest supporters of the illegal alien invasion. The methodists are right up there too.
Many of the students they are supporting are children of illegals.
...because they’re not Catholic and they’re not charities.
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