"That's in addition to a program where people adopt families to shop for with their own resources during the holiday season. This is a great tradition. Near St. Nicholas Day, we get all the magnificent young people who are devoted to Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of New York and they go shopping, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in the store. And the great thing about it is we know the names, the ages, their sizes and what they needed, so it's very personal."
"The volunteers actively choose and decide what will be the most beautiful objects for this family they never met, said Christina Perez, associate director of agency relations at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. They're shopping for a stranger, but at that moment, that stranger's family is the most important thing. Catholic Charities fundraises all year long to pay for winter clothing shopped for that day and later given as gifts for the Christmas season."
Cardinal Timothy Dolan and about 200 volunteers shopped at Old Navy in Manhattan on St. Nicholas Project Shopping Day to buy winter clothing for roughly 130 families. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York raised over $70,000 to fund the one-day shopping event and operates an additional adopt-a-family program for the holidays. Volunteers received recipients' names, ages, sizes and needs to make personal clothing selections. Catholic Charities CEO J. Antonio Fernandez emphasized that the effort provides winter clothes and ongoing services year-round. The event originated in 2011 and gathered hundreds of volunteers for the annual tradition.
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