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San Francisco, CA – It was announced today that Catholic Charities CYO’s 10th Annual Loaves & Fishes Fund and Awards Dinner at the Ritz-Carlton raised $2.1 million, directly benefiting the social service agency’s 33 programs. More than $8 million has been raised in support of Catholic Charities CYO through the Loaves & Fishes Fund and Awards Dinner over the past 10 years.
Archbishop George Niederauer, Chairman of the Board of Catholic Charities CYO, presented the 2007 Loaves & Fishes Awards for Outstanding Service to the Community in dedication to the life and works of Leo T. McCarthy, for Outstanding Corporate Philanthropy to the Nibbi Family and Nibbi Brothers Construction, for Outstanding Community Organization to the Auxiliaries of Little Children’s Aid, and for Outstanding Philanthropic Works to B.J. and Bebe Cassin and the Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation.
The 2007 honorees are especially focused on assisting families and children in need, from providing educational opportunities for inner-city youth, to building affordable housing for low income families, to advocating on behalf of poor families and foster children and spearheading public policy changes to protect them, to providing direct aid to abused, troubled and homeless children.
Archbishop Niederauer explained, ”This year’s honorees have been absolutely dedicated to transforming the lives of families and children in need through direct aid and as advocates. Their unwavering commitment to help the ‘least among us’ is an inspiration and an example of philanthropy and public service at its most generous.”
Immediate past President of the Catholic Charities CYO Board of Directors and Loaves & Fishes Awards Dinner founder Clinton Reilly remarked, “It gives me great pleasure to announce that this year we raised a record-breaking $2.1 million—funds that will dramatically impact the lives of the Bay Area’s neediest. I am truly impressed with the generosity of the Leadership Donors and Honoree Contributors, all of whom have demonstrated their genuine commitment to changing lives and empowering people with hope.”
The Loaves & Fishes Awards Dinner launches Catholic Charities CYO’s Centennial celebration, which honors 100 years of the agency’s work as a critical safety net for families, children and those in need. Created by Cardinal William Levada, Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, and Clinton Reilly, former President of the Catholic Charities CYO Board of Directors, the Loaves & Fishes Award honors extraordinary charitable works in our communities and raises vital funds for the 33 programs of Catholic Charities CYO.
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