Today I went to the Lubbock Area United Way http://www.liveunitedlubbock.org/ kick off luncheon, as I am on the board of directors of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Lubbock https://www.cclubbock.org/. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Lubbock has two programs that are funded by the United Way. The Elder Outreach program provides assistance for prescriptions, eye glasses, hearing aides, dentures, for people over 60. The Parent Empowerment Program provides assistance for adults with children who are trying to go to educational programs that will transition them out of poverty: this might be college, trade or vocational school, and the assistance is not just for tuition, but it might be for books, transportation, uniforms, testing, and many more things. This program transitions many people out of poverty at a rate higher than that required by the Federal government. The primary funding source is from a Community Service Block Grant (CSBG). Locally, the Lakeridge United Methodist Church contributes $1,000 a month to the program. And as of 2016, the Lubbock Area United Way has provided the program $20,000 to assist people not just in Lubbock County, as per the CSBG, but in the Lubbock area.
At the kick off luncheon, the keynote speaker, Mark Griffon, highlighted this program. This is such an honor to Catholic Charities, and even more to Sabrina Robbins, who has administered this program for 20 or more years.
Ms. Robbins is a remarkable woman who administers this program with skill, talent, and wonderful community relationships. She deservers a Gold Star!
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