1.
For Immediate Release
May 1, 2017
Contact:
Jody Hudson, Operations and Marketing Director
559-283-6726
jhudson@ccdof.org
Catholic Charities To Host Inaugural Street Fair for Local Families
(Fresno, Calif.) On Saturday, May 27, Catholic Charities will host its inaugural street
fair at its facility in Downtown Fresno (N Fulton St. and in between E Voorman Ave.
and E Nevada Ave.) from 4 -9 p.m.This free event will be the first for the non-profit
organization and will include games, food and entertainment for the children and
parents.
The Catholic Charities Street Fair is a celebration of the facility and the families it
helps every single day. The street fair will create a safe environment for the families
in the downtown area.
Admission into the street fair is free. There will be free parking alongside the facility
as well as inside the parking lot. Food, clothes and other donations will be accepted
in exchange for tickets to play games. There will also be food vendors, live
entertainment and tables out to provide families with more information about the
organization’s services.

2. For more information regarding this event and the services Catholic Charities
provides, visit its Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/CatholicCharitiesDioceseOfFresno
“Just like our motto says, we advocate and empower those in need,” said Jody
Hudson, Catholic Charities’ Operations and Marketing Director. “We love being there
for our clients, and we want them to know that we’ll always be here if they ever need
anything. This fair was planned to bring everyone from the area together at our
facility for a fun-filled Saturday night.”
Volunteers from middle schools, high schools and local colleges are expected to
lend a helping hand from the very beginning with set-up up until the very end with
clean-up.
If anyone would like to donate toward the street fair, please contact Jody Hudson at
559-283-6726 by Friday, May 13.
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About Catholic Charities: Catholic Charities is a non-profit organization that serves
low-income families in the Fresno area. The organization provides families with
many services such as a Food Pantry, a Thrift Store, Representative Payee
Program, and Senior Companionship Program. Its mission is to serve, advocate for,
and empower those in need. Catholic Charities helps more than 20,000 clients per
year with their services and strives to give its clients and a hand up to get back on
their feet.