2025 Christmas Hope Year-End Campaign: Double Your Impact and Answer a Family’s Prayers
As the year comes to a close, Catholic Charities of New York is launching its 2025 Christmas Hope Year-End Match with an urgent appeal to support families across New York who continue to struggle to meet basic needs this holiday season. With rising food and healthcare costs and the lingering effects of recent disruptions to SNAP benefits, many households are experiencing heightened financial strain. As a result, demand for Catholic Charities’ food pantries, meal programs, and emergency services has grown significantly.
To meet this growing need, Catholic Charities is launching a $100,000 Christmas Hope Year-End Match, in which all gifts made through December 31 will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling the impact of each tax-deductible contribution. Every matched donation turns your faith into action — providing lifesaving support and renewed hope for families in need.
Across New York, poverty continues to affect millions of individuals and families. Nearly 2 million New Yorkers are living in poverty, often just one unexpected expense or disruption away from crisis.
Too often, this hardship is felt most deeply by children, with one in four living in homes where food is scarce and housing is uncertain. Poverty can rob children of stability and opportunity — something no child should have to face. Catholic Charities works to bridge these gaps by helping families access nutritious food, financial assistance, and essential services with dignity, respect, and compassion. Through this work, faith is put into action every day — offering hope where it is needed most.
“God exists. God is here. Through God, I found all my sources of strength,” Erica shared. Erica is a mother of three who came to Catholic Charities while working to build a stable future for her family. With support from our team, she secured employment and was able to access care when she was diagnosed with leukemia. Today, she is in remission and continuing to move forward — supported by a network that stood by her when she needed it most.
