Two incredible young ladies have graciously supported the Catherine McAuley Center this week by asking that friends and family donate to the Center in honor of their birthdays.

Rizzo poses with the big haul of supplies donated for her 7th birthday.

Rizzo, 7, asked the friends she invited to her dance studio birthday party to bring an item that she could donate to the women in CMC’s Transitional Housing Program. Her selflessness provided CMC with baskets full of paper goods, bedding items, and many other supplies that are always on our wish list.

Ella and her mother, Jennifer, at the 2015 Women’s Equality Day celebration

Ella, also age 7, revived the “Ice Bucket Challenge” with her friends to benefit CMC. She donated a portion of her own savings to the Center, which was then matched by Ella’s mother. Ella’s support of CMC is ongoing, as she has attended the Transitional Housing Program’s Women’s Equality Day celebration for the past 5 years!

Please join us in wishing a cheerful “happy birthday!” to these girls who have embodied Catherine McAuley’s charge that “our charity must be in our hearts and from our hearts.”