Transcript The Kids Care Challenge 2002

The Kids Care Challenge 2002
Let us love, not in word or
speech, but in truth and
action.
1John 3:17,18
The Kids Care Challenge
Invites students from Edmonton
Catholic Schools to join together…
…in common cause…
…to raise money for the programs
offered by Catholic Social Services
and the Sign of Hope Campaign.
Catholic Social Services
Serves people of ALL faiths and cultures
Offers more than 130 programs to the community
Will help more than 60,000 people in the coming year
The philosophy of Catholic Social Services
Is in keeping with the Core Values of Edmonton Catholic Schools
DIGNITY & RESPECT
Lives endowed with dignity . . .
As God’s unique creation, each person helped by
Catholic Social Services is treated with respect and is
empowered to reach their full potential in life.
HONESTY
Lives enlightened by understanding…
Through the counseling programs offered
by Catholic Social Services, individuals,
couples and families are professionally
helped in their struggles to overcome a
painful past or present.
LOYALTY
Lives touched by acceptance . . .
Men and women living with
HIV/AIDS are accepted without
judgement and cared for with
dignity and love. They are
offered physical, emotional,
spiritual and social support
through the Kairos programs.
FAIRNESS
Lives transformed by love . . .
Abandoned and abused street youth
are welcomed with open arms and
loved with tender care by the staff of
the Safe House programs.
Personal and Communal Growth
Lives renewed by hope . . .
Help and hope for
a better life is
offered to women
at risk of giving
birth to a child with
fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder,
through the
dedicated mentors
of the First Steps
program.
You will find as you look back upon your life
Your donation to Catholic Social
Services’ Sign of Hope
campaign is a life-transforming
gift for people in need.
You will find as you look back upon your life
You will find as you look back
upon your life that the moments
that stand out, the moments
when you have really lived, are
the moments when you have
done things in a spirit of love.
- Henry Drummond
This is what the Lord asks of
you, only this – to act justly, to
love tenderly and to walk
humbly with your God.
-Micah 6:8
Look at Life . . .
As it could be . . .