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The Post-Star: Arrow Financial Supports St. Catherine’s and Other Non-Profits

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Arrow Family of Companies announced $100,000 in donations to 10 local non-profit organizations that support mental health needs. As part of the Arrow Family’s fourth-annual Thankful Campaign, 10 organizations have each received $10,000 to support the mental health needs of individuals and families in financial need. The donations will help fund a variety of initiatives, including transportation to support services, free support services for domestic violence survivors, basic needs for unhoused or housing-insecure populations and funding to cover the cost of mental health services.

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The Evangelist: St. Catherine’s awarded $17.5K Troy Savings Bank Foundation Grant

ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the global movement, “Giving Tuesday,” which occurs the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500. This funding, which provides operating support to organizations delivering vital community services, allows St. Catherine’s to continue its Pathways to Health community outreach program.

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Hudson Valley 360: St. Catherine’s honored with Outstanding Organization of the Year Award

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program at a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Albany – the Desmond Hotel.

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The Record: SNAPSHOT: St. Catherine’s honored with Outstanding Organization of the Year award

LATHAM, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program.

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Times Union: St. Catherine’s Plans Charity Hockey Tournament

TROY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children will present its first charity hockey tournament – the Lansingburgh Connects Hockey Clash – from Thursday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Frear Park Ice Arena. Organizers said the event is open to the public, with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items or personal hygiene items. It’s a four-team competition named after the community outreach program it will benefit: Lansingburgh Connects, an effort among St. Catherine’s, the Lansingburgh school district and the Rensselaer County Mental Health Department.

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The Saratogian: St. Catherine’s Center for Children, SPAC School of the Arts Renew Summer Program Partnership

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Recently, St. Catherine’s Center for Children and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s School of the Arts announced that they will partner, for the second year in a row, to offer children the opportunity to attend an arts and recreation summer camp. In 2022, in the first year of this partnership, the summer camp program hosted 35 Capital Region children, including 20 from St. Catherine’s residential program which serves children who have been removed from their homes and have experienced significant trauma in their life.

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Hudson Valley 360: St. Catherine’s Center for Children Awarded $5,000 Grant

ALBANY, N.Y. – Recently, RBC Wealth Management’s RBC Foundation has awarded St. Catherine’s Center for Children a $5,000 grant to support the agency’s Foster and Kinship Care programs. These funds enable the continuation of wrap-around services which include supplying food, school supplies, clothing and other essentials needed to support the program’s children and families. In addition, this grant supports continued recruitment and retention of foster families, provides respite services to current kinship and foster families and funds classes in Arts and Culture for children in these programs.

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The Record: NYSOCFS Announces Launch of New Family Opportunity Centers

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) recently announced the launch of eight family opportunity centers (FOCs) across New York State. The centers are aimed at improving the safety and well-being of children and families by addressing issues of poverty, education barriers, substance use disorders and lack of adequate physical and mental health care.

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Daily Gazette: Alzheimer’s help, Thanksgiving in April, Free Books and Clothes

ALBANY, N.Y. – In the Capital Region, the Pioneer financial services company recently held a Thanksgiving In April food drive to benefit St. Catherine’s Center for Children in Albany. The company collected donations from its employees and customers across its 22 Capital Region branches in Albany, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Warren counties More than 1,500 canned goods and non-perishable food items were collected and donated to support the center’s efforts to provide a comprehensive range of human services for the children, families and adults it serves. The food drive was spearheaded by the Pioneer Charitable Foundation, which has provided more than $1.2 million in financial support to nearly 400 Capital Region nonprofits and contributed well over 10,000 hours of volunteer service since 2018.

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The Post-Star: Arrow Financial Supports St. Catherine’s and Other Non-Profits

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Arrow Family of Companies announced $100,000 in donations to 10 local non-profit organizations that support mental health needs. As part of the Arrow Family’s fourth-annual Thankful Campaign, 10 organizations have each received $10,000 to support the mental health needs of individuals and families in financial need. The donations will help fund a variety of initiatives, including transportation to support services, free support services for domestic violence survivors, basic needs for unhoused or housing-insecure populations and funding to cover the cost of mental health services.

Read More »

The Evangelist: St. Catherine’s awarded $17.5K Troy Savings Bank Foundation Grant

ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the global movement, “Giving Tuesday,” which occurs the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500. This funding, which provides operating support to organizations delivering vital community services, allows St. Catherine’s to continue its Pathways to Health community outreach program.

Read More »

Hudson Valley 360: St. Catherine’s honored with Outstanding Organization of the Year Award

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program at a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Albany – the Desmond Hotel.

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The Record: SNAPSHOT: St. Catherine’s honored with Outstanding Organization of the Year award

LATHAM, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program.

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Times Union: St. Catherine’s Plans Charity Hockey Tournament

TROY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children will present its first charity hockey tournament – the Lansingburgh Connects Hockey Clash – from Thursday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Frear Park Ice Arena. Organizers said the event is open to the public, with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items or personal hygiene items. It’s a four-team competition named after the community outreach program it will benefit: Lansingburgh Connects, an effort among St. Catherine’s, the Lansingburgh school district and the Rensselaer County Mental Health Department.

Read More »

The Saratogian: St. Catherine’s Center for Children, SPAC School of the Arts Renew Summer Program Partnership

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Recently, St. Catherine’s Center for Children and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s School of the Arts announced that they will partner, for the second year in a row, to offer children the opportunity to attend an arts and recreation summer camp. In 2022, in the first year of this partnership, the summer camp program hosted 35 Capital Region children, including 20 from St. Catherine’s residential program which serves children who have been removed from their homes and have experienced significant trauma in their life.

Read More »

Hudson Valley 360: St. Catherine’s Center for Children Awarded $5,000 Grant

ALBANY, N.Y. – Recently, RBC Wealth Management’s RBC Foundation has awarded St. Catherine’s Center for Children a $5,000 grant to support the agency’s Foster and Kinship Care programs. These funds enable the continuation of wrap-around services which include supplying food, school supplies, clothing and other essentials needed to support the program’s children and families. In addition, this grant supports continued recruitment and retention of foster families, provides respite services to current kinship and foster families and funds classes in Arts and Culture for children in these programs.

Read More »

The Record: NYSOCFS Announces Launch of New Family Opportunity Centers

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) recently announced the launch of eight family opportunity centers (FOCs) across New York State. The centers are aimed at improving the safety and well-being of children and families by addressing issues of poverty, education barriers, substance use disorders and lack of adequate physical and mental health care.

Read More »

Daily Gazette: Alzheimer’s help, Thanksgiving in April, Free Books and Clothes

ALBANY, N.Y. – In the Capital Region, the Pioneer financial services company recently held a Thanksgiving In April food drive to benefit St. Catherine’s Center for Children in Albany. The company collected donations from its employees and customers across its 22 Capital Region branches in Albany, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Warren counties More than 1,500 canned goods and non-perishable food items were collected and donated to support the center’s efforts to provide a comprehensive range of human services for the children, families and adults it serves. The food drive was spearheaded by the Pioneer Charitable Foundation, which has provided more than $1.2 million in financial support to nearly 400 Capital Region nonprofits and contributed well over 10,000 hours of volunteer service since 2018.

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