The Need Has No Season Campaign

Help and Hope in all Seasons.

Needy New Yorkers require urgent help as much in July as in December.

To raise awareness of the ways Catholic Charities responds to the constant need in our community, we have developed the Need Has No Season campaign.

The campaign uses images of extreme need set in Thanksgiving, Christmas, Winter and Summer, exposing a reality that is starkly opposed to the joyful scenes traditionally associated with those seasons.

Yet, as the financial crisis continues, the unemployment rate reaches its highest point in more than a quarter century and homelessness pervades our city, Catholic Charities offers help and hope through our long list of human service programs.

In any given year, throughout every season, Catholic Charities:

• Serves 5.3 million meals in parish and community food pantries
• Provides safe places to play for 27,000 youngsters
• Answers calls for help in 18 languages from 43,000 immigrants
• Gives emergency shelter on any night to more than 1,500 homeless individuals or families