GET INVOLVED
Join the CCHD-STL Committee
- Identify potential grant applicants
- Review applications and evaluate project proposals
- Help finalize funding recommendations
- Promote the annual CCHD collection
- Educate parishioners
- Represent your deanery
Learn and Grow
Part of CCHD’s mission is to provide education about poverty and its root causes. Contact us to schedule a presentation for any of the following:
- Schools
- Parishes
- Social justice ministries
- Justice-minded organizations/individuals
- Community partners
Explore Poverty USA
Find out how to address the root causes of poverty. Visit CCHD’s “Poverty USA” website for:
- Stories of Hope
- Maps and Data
- Poverty Quiz and Facts
- Policies That Help
- Classroom Resources
- Catholic Teaching
Enter the Annual Art Contest
Students in grades 7-12 can learn how to address poverty by participating in “Creating on the Margins,” CCHD’s annual student art contest. To learn more and view our CCHD-STL student art gallery!
Recruit Applicants
Know of any local organizations doing social justice work? Spread the word! CCHD-STL grants of up to $10,000 fund community and economic development projects located within the St. Louis Archdiocese.
Support the Mission
CCHD-STL accepts donations throughout the year, and its annual parish collection is taken up the weekend before Thanksgiving. Contact us to promote CCHD in your parish this Fall, including scheduling a speaker from a CCHD-funded organization!
