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Catholic Charities & Fordham University Announce New Scholarship
Posted on 06/19/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
Rewards and Fosters Social Service Staff Excellence
Today, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York and the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service announced a new Centennial Scholarship in recognition and honor of the two...
Tuition-Free Job Training for Women
Posted on 02/7/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
Open Houses Start This Week!
Looking for help kick starting your career?
If you - or a woman you know - needs tuition-free job training and placement contact Grace Institute now.
Grace Institute, an affiliate of Catholic...
Laid Off by Waldorf, Age 62 and Starting Over
Posted on 11/7/2017 by Alice Kenny | Share
New York Times Neediest Cases Hits Home
While everyone I meet as Catholic Charities' liaison with The New York Times Neediest Cases campaign shares powerful, poignant, and often painful stories, some, like...
Donate Your Suits & Dresses to Help Women Land Jobs
Posted on 04/5/2017 by Alice Kenny | Share
Dress for Success
That’s right! The gently used professional attire you no longer wear can help struggling women land jobs.
Viacom Volunteers Mentor “Grace” Women Preparing to Reenter Workforce
Posted on 05/25/2016 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Real World Warm Up
Successful Viacom female leaders mentor Grace Institute's women reentering the workforce
By Karen Daly
As a writer and Catholic Charities volunteer blogger it was amazing to watch last Friday, May 20,...
Brag Your Way with Grace to Success:
Posted on 04/25/2016 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
A Once Secret How-To
By Karen Daly
Back-to-back bragging - a "Grace" ful secret to success.
Abused, Abandoned but Destined for Better
Posted on 01/12/2016 by Alice Kenny | Share
Jasmin Gonzalez was just three years old when Child Protective Services took her and her sisters from their parents who suffered from drug abuse and placed the children in the first of five foster homes. Sometimes they were placed together;...
Free Tuition for Women on the Move
Posted on 10/21/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Thanks to – believe it or not – tuition-free job training and placement for women in need, Grace Institute has been moving women for more than a century.
Now Grace Institute is celebrating its own move. After decades...
New Video Highlights Impact of Our Work and Personal Story of One Family
Posted on 06/2/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Before cancer struck, Yarsely, 27, and her husband, Jean Carlos, 28, each held jobs to support themselves and their two little girls.
Help a Woman - Volunteer
Posted on 02/20/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Another Volunteer Opportunity that needs Volunteers!
What’s So Great About a Random Act of Kindness?
Posted on 02/10/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
It’s Random Acts of Kindness Week.
So, we wonder, what’s in it for me? Watch this powerful video and find out. Inspired? Join us this special week, February 9 – 15, 2015, and help spread the kindness.
Looking for ways to pitch in? How about:
Rebuilding Lives After Husband and Provider’s Death
Posted on 01/13/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Leukemia took Jean Carlos Ocasio in November, but the apartment he shared with his wife, Yaresly Cosme-Alicea, and their daughters, ages 4 and 7, still vibrates with his...
