LINCOLN (CSS/SNR) – Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska (CSS) will present its 34th annual Celebration of Caring Sunday, Feb. 21. However, this year’s celebration will look markedly different than the previous 33.
In light of social distancing efforts, Celebration of Caring 2021 will not include a banquet. However, CSS invites all to visit csshope.org/Celebration2021 and virtually celebrate together bringing “Hope in the Good Life.”
The event will begin with Mass at 5:30 p.m., followed by a musical performance, a “2020 Year in Review” video premiere highlighting how the people of Nebraska help CSS serve so many during a challenging year, and a look ahead to 2021.
Celebration of Caring is Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska’s largest fundraising event of the year. Funds raised allow them to bring Hope in the Good Life across southern Nebraska. Last year, CSS provided 51,397 sack lunches in the Lincoln and Hastings areas; delivered 327 tons of food; provided a safe and secure home for women and children escaping from domestic violence in the St. Gianna Women’s Home program; distributed, through the Emergency Services program, more than $200,000 in rent, utilities, and cash help during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though much has changed this past year for CSS, many important things remain the same, particularly their need for prayers and support for their work.
The price of one Celebration of Caring Banquet dinner last year was $65 ($55 for seniors). With no banquet this year, a $65 donation will go to feed a family for a week. The poor, hungry, and abused of southern Nebraska need help more than ever.
Donations may be made online at csshope.org/Celebration2021 or mailed to CSS, PO Box 30425, Lincoln, NE, 68503-0425. Support is vital to ensure Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska can continue to help the hungry, abused, and marginalized of the community.
