$25 provides a homeless person with meals, shower and phones and outerwear $50 provides six bags of clothing, a baby crib, formula and diapers for a new family $100 provides shelter, meals and personal items for a mother and her three children $500 provides emergency assistance rent and utilities for Shelter graduates $1,000 provides a family a permanent home with case management
Our Mission
Grounded in faith, hope, love and respect for those we serve, the West Side Catholic Center assists all who come in need of food, clothing, shelter and advocacy.
The West Side Catholic Center offers hospitality, hot meals, a women and children's shelter, clothing, household goods, advocacy and emergency services to those in need at no charge. The West Side Catholic Center relies on hundreds of volunteers to maintain its services. Our volunteers consist of individuals, church and civic groups, student organizations, and area businesses.
31% of Cleveland's residents and almost half of Cleveland's children live in poverty. Cries for help include: food and medication, lack of heat and water, homelessness, help in search of a job, lack of transportation...these are just some of the critical needs that we address at the Center each day.
Community support includes partnerships with other food and emergency service providers, such as many other churches and faith-based organizations. We are a United Way Partner, members of the Cleveland Food Bank and we receive food donations from Harvest for Hunger, as well as regular deliveries of in-kind donations and grocery surplus from local businesses throughout Greater Cleveland.
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The West Side Catholic Center was established in 1977 by several area churches that saw a critical need within the community due to extreme poverty. We are a unique, private, not-for-profit agency with Catholic roots, independent of the Catholic Diocese and Catholic Charities.
Our programs respond to the needs of men, women, and children in Cleveland, regardless of their religious affiliation, and WSCC has no geographical limits on its service area. All services are provided free of charge. Collaborative partners include the Cleveland Veterans Association, the Cuyahoga County Office on Homeless Services, Y-Haven, Applewood, Providence House, Salvation Army, Care Alliance, Recovery Resources, Seeds of Literacy, Murtis Taylor Mental Health Services and the State ID Collaborative.
For thirty two years, the West Side Catholic Center has been a place of welcome. Impoverished, homeless, ill and disconnected persons find a home at the corner of West 32nd and Lorain. With an outpouring of community support, the West Side Catholic Center has been able to grow that "welcome" into "welcome home".
The Zacchaeus Housing Solutions Program currently provides homes to 32 families; over 130 men, women and children. This new program for 2008 joins the eight programs of the Drop-in Center and the Women and Children's Shelter.
Bringing Hope to a City....One Life at a Time.
The West Side Catholic Center is an independent, non-denominational 501c3 organization
