Catholic Relief Services
DESCRIPTION
CONTACT NAME
Teresa Dunbar
EMAIL
teresa.dunbar@crs.org
PHONE
515-974-8088
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international humanitarian
agency of the Catholic community in the United States. They do Emergency
Relief and Development work in 93 countries around the world.
Their key program areas include emergency response, water and
sanitation, hunger and agriculture, and global health. In the United States,
Catholic Relief Services programs work to help Catholics live their faith by
helping our poorest brothers and sisters across the globe.
In the United States, CRS works with 8.5 million Catholics in 14,337 parishes,
dioceses and schools through programs such as CRS Rice Bowl, CRS Fair
Trade, the Helping Hands volunteer program, advocacy initiatives, and
programs for university students and young people.
OFFICE ADDRESS
770 N. Halsted Street, Suite 170
Chicago, IL 60642
HOW TO HELP
TYPE OF WORK
Faith Based, International, Advocacy, Community
Based
COUNTIES
Activities
Statewide
Iowans can get involved in the work of CRS through a variety of programs,
including:
1) Catholics Confront Global Poverty, to learn and advocate on policies that
affect global poverty
2) CRS Rice Bowl: A Lenten program with curricula and materials to Pray,
Learn, Fast and Give. CRS Rice Bowl donations are used to fight hunger,
75% of the money goes overseas, and 25% stays in the US for local hunger
fighting initiatives.
3) CRS Fair Trade: Support a sale or purchase items that promote human
dignity
4) Educators can access CRS Resources
at www.Education.CRS.org and www.University.crs.org
Iowans should contact Teresa Dunbar, the CRS Relationship Manager in Des
Moines, for more information about these and other opportunities to become
involved.
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