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Thank you for visiting Catalina Community Services! 

Welcome!                                                                                

On this site you will learn about the various programs we provide to the community, discover the many volunteer opportunities available, learn how you can support our mission, and find out more about us.  We continue to grow and expand services to families in the Catalina area by utilizing volunteers and collaborating with community partners. The keys to our success: vision, creativity, and compassion.

Our general areas of service are the basic needs of food and clothing, senior programs, youth activities, and community education. We also provide referrals for services we do not provide in house. More details about these topics are on our Services page. You'll find an easy to use calendar on our Current Events page, and pdf files of current and past newsletters.  Please enjoy learning more about Catalina Community Services, and feel free to contact us with any questions or comments.

Special Event - an 'Invitation Only' event at Charming Charlie, in the Tucson Mall on December 18th from 6-8 p.m. Get more info under our Current Events tab and buy tickets on our webite.

This exclusive opportunity to shop after the store closes, while noshing on snacks and refreshments, and enjoying a 20% discount on all purchases made that evening, will help support CCS financially.

Thank you all, for your support. You are such a generous, caring community!

We had a very successful Turkey Drive!

Our community donated 243 Turkeys! Every famliy signed up for a Thanksgiving Dinner Kit received a turkey - along with: a 5 pound bag of fresh russet potatoes, stuffing and gravy packages, cranberry sauce, canned sweet potoatos, canned beans and corn.

Also, thank you to the many local families who called in to adopt a local child for the holiday. You will be brightening the lives of 225 children this year! 

Catalina Community Services is an Agency of the Community Food Bank in Tucson - which is affiliated with Feeding America.

STAGGERING HUNGER STATISTICS

In America, 1 in every 4 children goes hungry!

 

In the Food Bank business we often talk about Low Food Security. This is defined as frequent cutting back or skipping of meals. In the past five years, the number of Arizona households with low food security, increased more than 51%!  At Catalina Community Services, our numbers grew 40% in several months!
Click on the Feeding America Box above to test your food knowledge with a short quiz about Hunger in America. Surprising facts...

Catalina Community Services is proud to work with these two organizations,  to make a difference in so many lives!

 

Last November, more than 370 families came to the Catalina Community Services Food Bank for assistance! We are gearing up for this year's holidays now, and you can help in many different ways:

 

  • Donate canned food, rice or peanut butter
  • Donate a frozen turkey
  • Donate cash
  • Attend a music performance
  • Organize a food drive at your business or in your neighborhood
  • Volunteer
  • Deliver meals to homebound residents
  • Donate gently used clothing
  • Share some old books you've finished

 

Browse this website or call our office for more ideas.

Have an enjoyable holiday season!
Musical Shows Benefit CCS!

We are fortunate to have special friends in the music business who have offered to donate a share of the proceeds from their shows to Catalina Community Services this year!  Interested in listening to rising stars from around the country who will be singing locally? Here is an opportunity to enjoy a professional show in the Catalina area, and support us financially by doing so...  

October 2011 - January 2012

Senior Programs will expand this year!  We're hoping to expand senior transportation and meal deliveries, once we sign up several new volunteers. Demand for senior meals has been on a steady increase and our senior community could use a little more socializing. Starting this summer, we'll be adding discussion groups, expanding our game program, bringing in a Wii, cooling off in the Senior Center for an afternoon or two of classic movies and popcorn. We are also able to provide counseling services, with group grief counseling coming this winter. Educational information series are being scheduled as well.
CCS steps up to support schools in our service area. Grants for classroom supplies, summer school support, back-to-school supplies, another year of Junior Achievement, after-school programming support, and more - all to insure that kids have every opportunity to learn alll they can.
Book Drive all year! Collecting books for children, and paperbacks for teens and adults. Please feel free to drop them off at the lobby on Hawser Street during business hours.

Welcome to our website. We hope you will find it useful and informative. It will be continually changing

as we grow and expand, and as our programs change with the season; so, check back often!

Please feel free to send us suggestions, and enjoy exploring!
Catalina Community Services is a non profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of residents in the Catalina area
of Arizona - serving residents in the far northwest corner of Tucson - focusing on zip codes 85737, 85739 and 85755.