We invite local businesses and civic organizations to partner with us in fulfilling our mission by sponsoring one of our programs.  Please call (904) 829-6300 or e-mail us to see how you can make a difference in the lives of local families in need.

Grocery Gift Cards

Each year, Catholic Charities provides hundreds of needy families in our community with dinners for Thanksgiving and Christmas - everything but turkey or ham.  This is where you come in - by donating $10 gift cards from local grocery stores so that our families can purchase the meat of their choice to go with their holiday meal.  Please mail your gift cards (or checks) to:  Catholic Charities Bureau, Christmas / Thanksgiving Meal, PO Box 543, St. Augustine, FL 32085

Adopt a Family

Help make the holidays brighter for those in need by adopting a family through Catholic Charities this year! 

 You tell us how large or small a family you want to “adopt.”  We will match you up with a family of that size, and then all you have to do is buy presents for the children in your “adopted” family (adults are optional).  You may also provide the food for the family’s holiday meal if you wish. 

 We will give you all the relevant information you need, such as the ages and clothing sizes of all the children in the family.  We even get a "wish list" from each child of the things they are hoping that Santa will bring them this year. 

Catholic Charities helps hundreds of local families during the holidays each year through the Adopt-A-Family program. But its success would not be possible without the support of caring and compassionate people right here in our community – people just like you.  Please consider sharing a little of your time and generous spirit this year to give a special Christmas to children in need who otherwise may not have one at all. 

Adopting a family is a great holiday project for your local church group, civic group, or place of business.  Please call Patrice at 829-6300 for more information.

  2008 Good Samaritan Awards Dinner

Catholic Charities St. Augustine Regional Office announces its annual call for nominations of local individuals to be honored with the Good Samaritan Award.  The awards are given to individuals in our community in honor of humanitarian service that reflects the spirit of the biblical Good Samaritan.  That is, someone who has demonstrated a desire to help others without any expectation of reward or recognition for their actions.  People do not need to be Catholic to be nominated or to receive this award and do not have to be associated with Catholic Charities in any way.   

The deadline for nominations is Thursday, January 31, 2008.  Those individuals chosen to receive the award will be notified by Catholic Charities and will be honored at a banquet on Thursday, April 10, 2008, at the Casa Monica Hotel.  Nominations for the Good Samaritan Awards should be no more than two pages in length, and should be sent to:  Catholic Charities Bureau, Attn: Rebecca Stringer, PO Box 543, St. Augustine, FL 32085. 

 Please include:

     a.  Name, address and telephone number of the person(s) you are nominating.

     b.  Your own name, address and telephone number.

     c.  Details of the nominee's service to the community and a description of how he or she demonstrates the spirit of a Good Samaritan.

Good Samaritan honorees for 2007:

Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary Lou Barger (longtime Community Hospice volunteers), Mr. Mitch Heinz (The Sandwich Mission), Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Jan Wesselman (Missionaries of the Poor), Ms. Cynthia Williams (youth advocate / volunteer). 

In addition, Rev. Seamus O'Flynn, retired pastor of St. Anastasia Catholic Church, was presented with the Bishop John J. Snyder "Faith in Action" Award in recognition of his many years of service to the people of the Diocese of St. Augustine.

Click here to see pictures from past dinners

Since the ticket price only covers the cost of the dinner, we also seek sponsorships for this event.  These donations go directly to our Homeless Prevention program.  We offer four levels of sponsorship:

Friend - $5 to $99

Patron - $100 to $499

Benefactor - $500 to $999

Samaritan - $1000 or more

You can donate online via our easy to use, secure online website by clicking here.  Please be sure to fill in the "Designation" field with the word SPONSORSHIP.

Alternatively, you can make checks payable to Catholic Charities and mail to:

Catholic Charities Bureau, P.O. Box 543, St. Augustine, FL 32085

Please designate on check that your donation is a Good Samaritan Awards Sponsorship.  If you have any questions about the Good Samaritans Awards Dinner, nomination process, tickets or sponsorships, please contact Michele Blevins or Becky Stringer at (904) 829-6300.

PROVIDING HELP. CREATING HOPE.