Catholic Charities celebrates renovated downtown facility

Published on April 14, 2023

Catholic Charities is a community benefit organization that is often a first responder in helping struggling residents with food, basic necessities and emergency assistance regardless of age, race or beliefs. 

Today, Catholic Charities in Merced is providing food services — including meat products — five days a week. Such an ambitious project was put in action by the Catholic Charities Diocese of Fresno board of directors to upgrade their facility in Merced and its entire operations for the region. That’s nearly half a million pounds of food distributed annually. More importantly, outreach to rural communities has grown an incredible 389 percent.

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