JOIN US IN CREATING
COMPASSION CORNER
Now is the time to meet the challenges facing our neighbors in southwestern Pennsylvania. Join us as we establish Compassion Corner, a place of compassion, healing and hope for those impoverished in mind, body and spirit. Welcome to a new home for hope.
$11,992,027 Raised
Goal $17m
Creating Paths Toward Self-Sufficiency
Located at 111 Boulevard of the Allies, Compassion Corner will serve the most vulnerable in our communities through holistic care, recognizing that those in crisis face a myriad of intra-related challenges. Our strategy is to guide those in distress along paths toward long-term self-sufficiency. Our programs and services to meet their goals through an individualized, achievable plans of action. Compassion Corner will serve as a point of service to provide immediate aid, resources, appropriate referrals through a culture of care characterized by dignity and compassion.
NEW & ENHANCED PROGRAMMING
Free Health Care Center
- High-quality medical/dental care
- Eliminating financial barriers to treatment
- Greater accessibility through revised eligibility requirements
- Help navigating prescription coverage
- Help navigating insurance availability
Mental Wellness Program
- Providing early-involvement care
- Creative arts therapy
- Therapeutic opportunities to relieve anxiety
- Reduce impact of trauma
Gismondi Job Training Program
- Short-term classes for telecommunications and wiring jobs
- Connections to job opportunities
- Immediate path to living-wage employment
- Meeting regional infrastructure needs
- Opportunity to receive 5 national certifications
Crisis Case Management
- Indoor space to host guests from the Red Door, a program of Divine Mercy Parish
- Invite people who are unhoused in and allow them to connect to needed services
- A Crisis Case Manager will work with clients to understand their full scope of need
- A Crisis Case Manager will walk alongside each client to help them find greater stability especially a path off the streets
Gift of Mary
- Temporary refuge for women fleeing abuse
- Physically/emotional safe environment
- Access to services for self-sufficiency
- Addressing physical, emotional & spiritual needs
IMPACT BY 2027
More people helped
Increase in community input
People trained for telecom jobs
More points of health service
Vulnerable women cared for
More complex needs require intensive commitment. Catholic Charities is passionate about creating the opportunities for growth and healing necessary for lasting change for individuals and generations of families in southwestern Pennsylvania. By the year 2027, we anticipate thousands of lives transformed through compassion, healing and hope.
cAMPAIGN cOMMITTEE
CO-CHAIRS
Hoddy and Mary Anne Hanna
Chris and Molly McMahon
Susie and Neal Shipley
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Senator Camera Bartolotta
Bob Bashaw
Megan Bashaw
Steve Blanco
Kathy Buechel
Mike Clark
Susan Cruz
Mike Gallagher
Bill DeWeese
John Gismondi
Ed Grefenstette
Megan Grefenstette
Gloria Hudock
Gabe Hudock
Marie Milie Jones
Scott Lammie
Paul Malone
Steve Massaro
Stefanie Cedro Mohr
Dan Onorato
Bill Pietragallo
Andrew Petnuch
Karen Vidt
Interested in Making a leadership gift?
Contact Angie Zambito Hill
ahill@ccpgh.org
304-281-0118
