Catholic Charities of Oregon
As Communications Coordinator for Catholic Charities of Oregon, I wear many hats. From designing social media graphics and digital ads, to crafting stories for our E-newsletters and blog, at Catholic Charities I get to share our beautiful mission of lifting up the most vulnerable through storytelling.
Social Media Graphics:
Currently, Catholic Charities uses its social media pages to share important causes and holidays, shine the light on donors, volunteers, and staff, educate the community on their social services, and build awareness around their mission and values.
Digital Ads:
Catholic Charities utilizes digital ads with their media partners primarily to promote their seasonal appeals and share programmatic updates.
BLOG:
Catholic Charites blog is featured on their website under “Latest News”. Here they share articles that feature Catholic Charities, client stories, important updates and more.
Marta Williams, Catholic Charities of Oregon’s (CCO) new intern for Germaine’s Kitchen and Café (GKC), shares her passion for supplying fresh and healthy foods to those who need it most and why she loves working with CCO.
“My goal is literally to feed the hungry of Portland…You may never be able to cure houselessness or homelessness, but you can cure hunger one meal at a time.”
For the full story, click here!
Casey Vu was born in Vietnam where he met his wife Mary Vu, who is Chinese Cambodian. While they did not speak each other’s language, they fell in love and decided to get married. Casey was 18 at the time and had just finished high school. Vietnam had fallen, and Casey and Mary decided now was the time to leave.
During their first attempt to flee, Casey was caught and jailed for 18 months. Mary’s family was able to bail him out and so they made their second attempt to leave. Fortunately, Mary spoke Cambodian, Thai, and five different dialects of Chinese; this came in very handy during their journey. It was too dangerous for them to travel by sea, so they went through Cambodia on foot and managed to get to the Thai border. There, they began the process of filing for refugee status in the United States with the support of The Red Cross.
For the full story, click here!