Hays Building Project - Growing our Reach

Certain project costs have been supported by the Kansas Department of Commerce, Community Service Tax Credit Program.

Over 60 years ago, Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas was started to care for the poor and support families across the 31 counties of the Salina Diocese. In 1983, Catholic Charities opened its first outreach facility in Hays with a small rented office and one staff member. Today, Catholic Charities in Hays serves over 500 families across 16 counties in the western region of the Diocese by providing financial and housing assistance, personal care and basic needs (including food, hygiene, and diapers), pregnancy and adoption services, and counseling services. Services are in-person from our office, as well as on the road through our outreach services vehicles.

Our Hays team has done amazing work from our office at 122 E. 12th St., but we have outgrown our space and cannot expand the reach of our services to poor and vulnerable families of western Kansas in our current building. An incredibly generous family recently donated a 9,000 sq. ft. building to Catholic Charities and we are redeveloping it into our new western Kansas headquarters. This building will serve as an anchor of hope for families in need in the Hays area community for years to come!

PROJECT FEATURES

• Bright, welcoming space for those seeking services.
• Functional warehouse for receiving shipments, storing inventory and loading outreach van indoors. Improved safety and security for staff and volunteers.
• Thrift Store to provide low-cost, high quality necessities to families in need.

As a nonprofit organization, we operate on donations from generous donors just like you. Like the family who donated this building, your support will help Catholic Charities continue to serve as the hands and feet of Jesus throughout this rural region of Kansas, ensuring that those we serve will receive the compassionate care they deserve.

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