December 16, 2025 • 14 mins
We talk with Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas about serving 31 counties with rent help, food boxes, hygiene kits, and rural outreach that removes barriers and restores dignity. Partnerships, volunteers, and donors help the team expand space, respond to SNAP shifts, and make sure no one feels alone during the holidays.
• Serving 31 counties across north central and northwest Kansas
• Everyone is welcome regardless of faith or background
• Preventing eviction with rent and utility support
• Food boxes, diapers, and hygiene kits to stretch budgets
• Collaboration with Salvation Army, Shepherd’s Crossing, and Breadbasket
• Monthly outreach to 29 rural communities to reduce access barriers
• Responding to SNAP changes with flexible, donor-funded aid
• Expansion plans in Manhattan and potential sites in Concordia and Colby
• Twenty staff and 50–60 volunteers powering thrift, logistics, and distributions
• A holiday wish that no one feels alone and everyone feels seen
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SPEAKER_01 (00:00):
Plantrophy today is brought to you by the Greater
Man Hat Community Foundation.
In this episode, we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the TFTF Twitter the Hour andheard on News Radio KMAF.
We returned with the TFTFTwitter the Hour on News Radio
KMAN.
Our discussion today.
(00:22):
We have the executive directorjoining us via Zoom from Salina.
Megan Robo welcome to the show.
SPEAKER_00 (00:30):
Good morning, Gabe.
Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER_01 (00:32):
Oh, we're delighted to have you here.
And uh and uh, you know,Catholic Charities has you know,
I used to live in Salina and Iactually received uh some
therapy uh through CatholicCharities.
Gosh 35 years ago or so.
SPEAKER_00 (00:48):
Wow, I know that's amazing.
Well, I'm so glad that theCatholic Charities was here to
help you.
SPEAKER_01 (00:55):
Yeah, it was.
And and it's uh, you know, andI'm not Catholic, but you know,
it was so helpful for me.
It helped me understand a lot ofthings that I had uh kind of
shoveled off in my past lifethat led to some depression
issues, and uh it was uh it wasreally a life-changing entity.
So I'm uh always uh verygrateful to uh share the
(01:16):
Catholic charity's uh message,uh especially here on the GMCF
community hour.
SPEAKER_00 (01:21):
So well, that is awesome.
And you nailed the mostimportant message that I have is
that uh many people think thatyou have to be Catholic to come
to Catholic charities, and youabsolutely don't.
So I always tell people if youdon't remember anything else
that I say, remember thateveryone is welcome here.
SPEAKER_01 (01:37):
Okay.
That point is noted and good forthe clarification.
So well, let's talk a little bitabout, you know, you've
clarified the fact that youdon't have to be Catholic, but
let's talk a little bit justabout, you know, an overreaching
perspective of what Catholiccharities can offer for you for
the for the people in thecommunity.
SPEAKER_00 (01:58):
Absolutely.
So we are Catholic charities ofnorthern Kansas serving 31
counties in north central andnorthwest Kansas.
So Manhattan is uh the RileyCounty is as far east as we go,
but we serve all the way to theColorado border and all the way
north to the Nebraska border.
So anybody in that territory iseligible for our services.
(02:22):
Um, and those consist offinancial and housing
assistance.
So we are seeing a lot of umrent assistance payments,
utility payments, um, andnotable in the Manhattan
community that we partner withthe other agencies there.
We're in constant contact withum Salvation Army, Shepherd's
Crossing, pulling our resourcestogether to make sure that those
(02:45):
community members are reallytaken care of when it comes to
keeping their housing stable.
And in addition to that, we aredoing a seeing a lot of need and
doing a lot of work withpersonal care and basic needs.
And for us, that means uhsupplemental emergency food
boxes for people that need alittle extra food in the pantry,
(03:07):
um, a hygiene kit that includeslaundry detergent, dishwashing
soap, personal hygiene, uhrazors, toilet paper, all of
those things to providecleanliness, health, and dignity
for our neighbors, um, as wellas diapers for families with
kiddos that are needing someextra support with that.
And again, shout out to ourcommunity partners.
(03:29):
Um, we do a lot of referringback and forth with the
breadbasket, who has a beautifulfacility there in Manhattan.
Um, but our resources, again,aren't meant to compete with
other agencies, really just pulltogether to make sure that
families in need have have whatthey need, especially this time
of year when um the weather iscolder and uh we've been dealing
(03:51):
with a lot of external uhfactors that have impacted some
families as far as foodassistance goes.
So we just want to keepeverybody afloat.
SPEAKER_01 (04:01):
Okay.
Well, that's a that's a a good30-second elevator speech.
SPEAKER_00 (04:07):
There could be more, but I think we'll stick to that
right now.
SPEAKER_01 (04:10):
Well done in Ivy.
So, you know, there's obviouslyevery community, and you know,
you're talking 31 counties.
And the needs are different inevery county and in every city.
You know, there's there's uhsuch a uh a dynamic difference
in rural communities, umcounties that have, you know,
(04:32):
cities like Colina andManhattan, and still, you know,
they have very rural interestsin those communities as well.
You've got small towns, you gottowns that are growing and towns
that aren't.
SPEAKER_00 (04:44):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (04:44):
And you've got people that are struggling in
one way or another.
So let's talk a little bit aboutuh, you know, some of the
community needs that you arewitnessing through Catholic
charities and how you'readdressing them.
SPEAKER_00 (04:56):
So um two of those, you nailed it.
Every community looks a littledifferent.
So we try to flex our resourcesto help meet those needs.
So again, here in Celina, out inHave in Manhattan, we are
blessed with wonderfulcollaborative partners and
resources.
Um, and so we do a lot ofreferring to those other
(05:19):
resources.
But again, the biggest needs arereally just that financial
assistance to help preventevictions and um those basic
needs that people have, needingfood, needing hygiene items,
things that will stretch abudget and help help maintain
that human dignity.
In some of our rural communitiessurrounding all of us, um, they
(05:42):
are not blessed with as many ofthose other collaborative
resources just by the nature ofthe size of the town.
So we um travel to 29 ruralcommunities across our 31 County
Service Area on a monthly basisto bring resources to the
community.
In some cases, we are one of thefew resources that uh travels to
(06:03):
that community to help supportand augment what resources are
already there.
So we will travel to thosecommunities monthly.
And in some places, you know,we're serving 30 families a
month.
Some places it might be fourfamilies a month, but we are
committed to showing up forpeople and making sure that um
lack of access or transportationbarriers are not an issue when
(06:26):
it comes to having their basichuman needs met.
SPEAKER_01 (06:30):
How many people do you think you serve in a typical
year's time?
SPEAKER_00 (06:34):
In a typical year, we serve um just over 8,000
individual people, and that umequals out to about 3,500
households.
Um and again, that's across our31 county region.
And I always throw in there too,um, we have two thrift stores
that uh operate out of Salinaand Hayes, and we don't count
(06:56):
our thrift store customers, so Ithink we actually are probably
closer to nine or 10,000 people.
Um, but again, I will shout outto the budget shop in Manhattan.
They are our thrift storepartner and help help meet all
of those wonderful needs that umthe community has there.
SPEAKER_01 (07:13):
They're delightful down there at the budget shop.
SPEAKER_00 (07:15):
They are.
SPEAKER_01 (07:17):
Yeah.
Well, let's talk a little bitabout um down the road because
every organization is dealingwith uh, you know, various
issues.
You know, there's um a lot ofwell, let's just say interest in
uh how we're progressing with,you know, some of the the
(07:39):
government uh changes that haveuh occurred, and I know that
that's impacting a tremendousamount of individuals that um
extended the need dramaticallyfor a lot of individuals.
SPEAKER_00 (07:54):
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_01 (07:55):
How has that how has that impact um the priorities
that you have at Catholiccharities?
SPEAKER_00 (08:02):
That isn't a great question.
And I think what we saw um withthe recent uh pause in the SNAP
benefits for sure, um our agencyis not federally funded.
So we have had a lot offlexibility to adapt to
increased needs.
So during that period, um,especially when the SNAP
benefits were kind of in limbo,we really saw an increase in
(08:25):
people needing food assistanceor needing rent assistance, any
kind of assistance that couldhelp stretch their families'
budget.
So, first and foremost, um,obviously nobody can predict the
future, but what we saw evenduring that time is that our um
main program pillars of meetingthose basic needs will always
remain.
(08:46):
And we have incrediblesupporters that ensure that no
matter what's going on, we'realways able to respond and
hopefully say yes to helping inin even a small way for some of
those impacted families.
Um, but for us, it's reallyabout just making sure that we
are um at the capacity with theresources and the staff and just
(09:06):
the physical space that we needuh to continue to meet that
growing demand.
So, for example, in Manhattan,we office over at 212 South 4th
Street, and um our landlord iswonderful, and there is an open
space next door to us.
And so we're hoping here in thenext couple of months that that
will be uh ready for us toexpand into as well as some more
(09:30):
warehousing space for physicalmaterials that we are
distributing.
As we've seen a great increase,especially in the Manhattan
community.
So, again, we're very blessed tobe able to do that and to
continue to expand and respondas necessary, and um, looking
again at those physicalexpansions as well as potential
(09:54):
opportunities to create physicalpresence in the community of
Concordia, the community ofColby, looking at our entire 31
county service area and figuringout how we can get everybody
within those 31 counties withinat least 60 minutes of a
Catholic charity so that theycan get to us and at least have
(10:15):
someone to talk to about thoseum issues that they're facing so
we can help get them connectedwith all the resources that are
available to them.
So it's really just aboutexpanding and stepping up to
meet the moment.
And um, we have been veryblessed so far to be able to do
that.
Thanks to a lot of wonderfulgenerosity.
And um again, shout out to theManhattan community.
(10:38):
We love being a part of GrowGreen Day every year.
Always look forward to that.
And that is one key source thatreally helps us to continue to
sustain and grow, um, especiallyin in the Riley County area.
SPEAKER_01 (10:51):
You know, there's so many aspects and so many
different um arenas that youcover.
Mm-hmm.
You have to have, and and and Idon't know if you know these
numbers, you know, the thenumber of staff that you have,
and also the number ofvolunteers.
SPEAKER_00 (11:07):
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01 (11:08):
Substantial, I would imagine.
SPEAKER_00 (11:10):
We have 20 staff that cover our 31 county
regions.
So we have three full-time staffin Manhattan, uh, four full-time
staff in Hayes, and the rest,including our administrative
staff, are here in Celina.
Um, I have not checked our mostrecent volunteer numbers in a
while, and I need to, uh, but wehave, I think, between 50 and 60
(11:31):
regular full-time volunteers,and they are coming in to
operate um our thrift stores,sort donations, build food
boxes, build hygiene kits.
We have amazing people that goaround and pick up banana boxes
for us so that we don't have tobe out of the office doing that.
Uh, we have local volunteers inalmost all of our outreach
locations who will meet ourstaff member um at the parking
(11:55):
lot where distribution is beingheld so they can also
participate in that mission ofserving their neighbors.
So it takes so many people to dothis work well.
And um, shout out to all of ourvolunteers and um also our just
our amazing staff who shows upevery day with a heart to serve
and true care for people andempathy for what they're going
(12:17):
through.
SPEAKER_01 (12:18):
What would be your Christmas wish?
SPEAKER_00 (12:23):
Um, that every family does um and every person,
I shouldn't say family, that noone feels alone at Christmas
time.
I think a big, you know, our ourour mission is that we're doing
all of these things uh to servepeople.
But what I realize the mostimportant piece of our mission
is just being present, beingthere, being a listening ear.
(12:44):
You alluded to this when uh yousaid you received services from
Catholic charities many yearsago.
It's it's really important forsomeone to feel like they have a
support system.
And for people who maybe don'thave that traditional family
support system, we want them toknow that our door is always
open and that we are here tomake sure that they have
somebody that cares about umtheir success and their ability
(13:07):
to thrive in this world.
SPEAKER_01 (13:09):
Well, I know, you know, with um with the holidays,
there's always, you know, uh anda greater need, it seems, you
know.
There's, you know, cold weatherissues, there's a lot of things
that obviously come into play.
But uh there's um a lot ofwonderful things that
organizations like CatholicCharities do for our community,
and you have such uhoverreaching outreach that it's
(13:33):
uh it's comforting to know thatorganizations like what you are
are there to help.
SPEAKER_00 (13:39):
Well, thank you.
And again, it's an honor torepresent our team in this work,
and we can't do it without allof our amazing community
partners like the CommunityFoundation.
SPEAKER_01 (13:49):
Well, Merry Christmas to you.
Happy New Year, best wishes inuh the holiday season.
We're 10 days away fromChristmas.
SPEAKER_00 (13:55):
I know, I can't believe it.
It's that's crazy.
SPEAKER_01 (13:59):
Are y'all you got your gifts all done?
SPEAKER_00 (14:01):
I just bought some last night, so I we're getting
there.
SPEAKER_01 (14:04):
Okay, yeah.
I know how that goes, but I'm aman, I'm used to that.
SPEAKER_00 (14:08):
I'm a last-minute shopper.
SPEAKER_01 (14:11):
There you go.
There you go.
Megan Roll is her name.
She's with Catholic charitiesbased in Salina, but has uh
organizations and uh operativeshere in Manhattan and uh 31
counties in Kansas.
So we appreciate uh her joiningus, we assume today from Salina.
Carla Johnson is stepping innext.
Uh she's with Salvation Army,she is blamed out.
(14:32):
Really?
I mean, I think so it is.
I've never seen her unblamedout.
So well, is that a word?
It is today.
Yeah, Megan says it or uh Gwensays it's a word.
So that's what we're going with.
We'll be back with Carla Johnsonnext on the GMCF Community Hour
here on News Radio KMAM.
Plantrophy today is brought to you by the Greater
Man Hat Community Foundation.
In this episode, we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the TFTF Twitter the Hour andheard on News Radio KMAF.
We returned with the TFTFTwitter the Hour on News Radio
KMAN.
Our discussion today.
(00:22):
We have the executive directorjoining us via Zoom from Salina.
Megan Robo welcome to the show.
SPEAKER_00 (00:30):
Good morning, Gabe.
Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER_01 (00:32):
Oh, we're delighted to have you here.
And uh and uh, you know,Catholic Charities has you know,
I used to live in Salina and Iactually received uh some
therapy uh through CatholicCharities.
Gosh 35 years ago or so.
SPEAKER_00 (00:48):
Wow, I know that's amazing.
Well, I'm so glad that theCatholic Charities was here to
help you.
SPEAKER_01 (00:55):
Yeah, it was.
And and it's uh, you know, andI'm not Catholic, but you know,
it was so helpful for me.
It helped me understand a lot ofthings that I had uh kind of
shoveled off in my past lifethat led to some depression
issues, and uh it was uh it wasreally a life-changing entity.
So I'm uh always uh verygrateful to uh share the
(01:16):
Catholic charity's uh message,uh especially here on the GMCF
community hour.
SPEAKER_00 (01:21):
So well, that is awesome.
And you nailed the mostimportant message that I have is
that uh many people think thatyou have to be Catholic to come
to Catholic charities, and youabsolutely don't.
So I always tell people if youdon't remember anything else
that I say, remember thateveryone is welcome here.
SPEAKER_01 (01:37):
Okay.
That point is noted and good forthe clarification.
So well, let's talk a little bitabout, you know, you've
clarified the fact that youdon't have to be Catholic, but
let's talk a little bit justabout, you know, an overreaching
perspective of what Catholiccharities can offer for you for
the for the people in thecommunity.
SPEAKER_00 (01:58):
Absolutely.
So we are Catholic charities ofnorthern Kansas serving 31
counties in north central andnorthwest Kansas.
So Manhattan is uh the RileyCounty is as far east as we go,
but we serve all the way to theColorado border and all the way
north to the Nebraska border.
So anybody in that territory iseligible for our services.
(02:22):
Um, and those consist offinancial and housing
assistance.
So we are seeing a lot of umrent assistance payments,
utility payments, um, andnotable in the Manhattan
community that we partner withthe other agencies there.
We're in constant contact withum Salvation Army, Shepherd's
Crossing, pulling our resourcestogether to make sure that those
(02:45):
community members are reallytaken care of when it comes to
keeping their housing stable.
And in addition to that, we aredoing a seeing a lot of need and
doing a lot of work withpersonal care and basic needs.
And for us, that means uhsupplemental emergency food
boxes for people that need alittle extra food in the pantry,
(03:07):
um, a hygiene kit that includeslaundry detergent, dishwashing
soap, personal hygiene, uhrazors, toilet paper, all of
those things to providecleanliness, health, and dignity
for our neighbors, um, as wellas diapers for families with
kiddos that are needing someextra support with that.
And again, shout out to ourcommunity partners.
(03:29):
Um, we do a lot of referringback and forth with the
breadbasket, who has a beautifulfacility there in Manhattan.
Um, but our resources, again,aren't meant to compete with
other agencies, really just pulltogether to make sure that
families in need have have whatthey need, especially this time
of year when um the weather iscolder and uh we've been dealing
(03:51):
with a lot of external uhfactors that have impacted some
families as far as foodassistance goes.
So we just want to keepeverybody afloat.
SPEAKER_01 (04:01):
Okay.
Well, that's a that's a a good30-second elevator speech.
SPEAKER_00 (04:07):
There could be more, but I think we'll stick to that
right now.
SPEAKER_01 (04:10):
Well done in Ivy.
So, you know, there's obviouslyevery community, and you know,
you're talking 31 counties.
And the needs are different inevery county and in every city.
You know, there's there's uhsuch a uh a dynamic difference
in rural communities, umcounties that have, you know,
(04:32):
cities like Colina andManhattan, and still, you know,
they have very rural interestsin those communities as well.
You've got small towns, you gottowns that are growing and towns
that aren't.
SPEAKER_00 (04:44):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (04:44):
And you've got people that are struggling in
one way or another.
So let's talk a little bit aboutuh, you know, some of the
community needs that you arewitnessing through Catholic
charities and how you'readdressing them.
SPEAKER_00 (04:56):
So um two of those, you nailed it.
Every community looks a littledifferent.
So we try to flex our resourcesto help meet those needs.
So again, here in Celina, out inHave in Manhattan, we are
blessed with wonderfulcollaborative partners and
resources.
Um, and so we do a lot ofreferring to those other
(05:19):
resources.
But again, the biggest needs arereally just that financial
assistance to help preventevictions and um those basic
needs that people have, needingfood, needing hygiene items,
things that will stretch abudget and help help maintain
that human dignity.
In some of our rural communitiessurrounding all of us, um, they
(05:42):
are not blessed with as many ofthose other collaborative
resources just by the nature ofthe size of the town.
So we um travel to 29 ruralcommunities across our 31 County
Service Area on a monthly basisto bring resources to the
community.
In some cases, we are one of thefew resources that uh travels to
(06:03):
that community to help supportand augment what resources are
already there.
So we will travel to thosecommunities monthly.
And in some places, you know,we're serving 30 families a
month.
Some places it might be fourfamilies a month, but we are
committed to showing up forpeople and making sure that um
lack of access or transportationbarriers are not an issue when
(06:26):
it comes to having their basichuman needs met.
SPEAKER_01 (06:30):
How many people do you think you serve in a typical
year's time?
SPEAKER_00 (06:34):
In a typical year, we serve um just over 8,000
individual people, and that umequals out to about 3,500
households.
Um and again, that's across our31 county region.
And I always throw in there too,um, we have two thrift stores
that uh operate out of Salinaand Hayes, and we don't count
(06:56):
our thrift store customers, so Ithink we actually are probably
closer to nine or 10,000 people.
Um, but again, I will shout outto the budget shop in Manhattan.
They are our thrift storepartner and help help meet all
of those wonderful needs that umthe community has there.
SPEAKER_01 (07:13):
They're delightful down there at the budget shop.
SPEAKER_00 (07:15):
They are.
SPEAKER_01 (07:17):
Yeah.
Well, let's talk a little bitabout um down the road because
every organization is dealingwith uh, you know, various
issues.
You know, there's um a lot ofwell, let's just say interest in
uh how we're progressing with,you know, some of the the
(07:39):
government uh changes that haveuh occurred, and I know that
that's impacting a tremendousamount of individuals that um
extended the need dramaticallyfor a lot of individuals.
SPEAKER_00 (07:54):
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_01 (07:55):
How has that how has that impact um the priorities
that you have at Catholiccharities?
SPEAKER_00 (08:02):
That isn't a great question.
And I think what we saw um withthe recent uh pause in the SNAP
benefits for sure, um our agencyis not federally funded.
So we have had a lot offlexibility to adapt to
increased needs.
So during that period, um,especially when the SNAP
benefits were kind of in limbo,we really saw an increase in
(08:25):
people needing food assistanceor needing rent assistance, any
kind of assistance that couldhelp stretch their families'
budget.
So, first and foremost, um,obviously nobody can predict the
future, but what we saw evenduring that time is that our um
main program pillars of meetingthose basic needs will always
remain.
(08:46):
And we have incrediblesupporters that ensure that no
matter what's going on, we'realways able to respond and
hopefully say yes to helping inin even a small way for some of
those impacted families.
Um, but for us, it's reallyabout just making sure that we
are um at the capacity with theresources and the staff and just
(09:06):
the physical space that we needuh to continue to meet that
growing demand.
So, for example, in Manhattan,we office over at 212 South 4th
Street, and um our landlord iswonderful, and there is an open
space next door to us.
And so we're hoping here in thenext couple of months that that
will be uh ready for us toexpand into as well as some more
(09:30):
warehousing space for physicalmaterials that we are
distributing.
As we've seen a great increase,especially in the Manhattan
community.
So, again, we're very blessed tobe able to do that and to
continue to expand and respondas necessary, and um, looking
again at those physicalexpansions as well as potential
(09:54):
opportunities to create physicalpresence in the community of
Concordia, the community ofColby, looking at our entire 31
county service area and figuringout how we can get everybody
within those 31 counties withinat least 60 minutes of a
Catholic charity so that theycan get to us and at least have
(10:15):
someone to talk to about thoseum issues that they're facing so
we can help get them connectedwith all the resources that are
available to them.
So it's really just aboutexpanding and stepping up to
meet the moment.
And um, we have been veryblessed so far to be able to do
that.
Thanks to a lot of wonderfulgenerosity.
And um again, shout out to theManhattan community.
(10:38):
We love being a part of GrowGreen Day every year.
Always look forward to that.
And that is one key source thatreally helps us to continue to
sustain and grow, um, especiallyin in the Riley County area.
SPEAKER_01 (10:51):
You know, there's so many aspects and so many
different um arenas that youcover.
Mm-hmm.
You have to have, and and and Idon't know if you know these
numbers, you know, the thenumber of staff that you have,
and also the number ofvolunteers.
SPEAKER_00 (11:07):
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01 (11:08):
Substantial, I would imagine.
SPEAKER_00 (11:10):
We have 20 staff that cover our 31 county
regions.
So we have three full-time staffin Manhattan, uh, four full-time
staff in Hayes, and the rest,including our administrative
staff, are here in Celina.
Um, I have not checked our mostrecent volunteer numbers in a
while, and I need to, uh, but wehave, I think, between 50 and 60
(11:31):
regular full-time volunteers,and they are coming in to
operate um our thrift stores,sort donations, build food
boxes, build hygiene kits.
We have amazing people that goaround and pick up banana boxes
for us so that we don't have tobe out of the office doing that.
Uh, we have local volunteers inalmost all of our outreach
locations who will meet ourstaff member um at the parking
(11:55):
lot where distribution is beingheld so they can also
participate in that mission ofserving their neighbors.
So it takes so many people to dothis work well.
And um, shout out to all of ourvolunteers and um also our just
our amazing staff who shows upevery day with a heart to serve
and true care for people andempathy for what they're going
(12:17):
through.
SPEAKER_01 (12:18):
What would be your Christmas wish?
SPEAKER_00 (12:23):
Um, that every family does um and every person,
I shouldn't say family, that noone feels alone at Christmas
time.
I think a big, you know, our ourour mission is that we're doing
all of these things uh to servepeople.
But what I realize the mostimportant piece of our mission
is just being present, beingthere, being a listening ear.
(12:44):
You alluded to this when uh yousaid you received services from
Catholic charities many yearsago.
It's it's really important forsomeone to feel like they have a
support system.
And for people who maybe don'thave that traditional family
support system, we want them toknow that our door is always
open and that we are here tomake sure that they have
somebody that cares about umtheir success and their ability
(13:07):
to thrive in this world.
SPEAKER_01 (13:09):
Well, I know, you know, with um with the holidays,
there's always, you know, uh anda greater need, it seems, you
know.
There's, you know, cold weatherissues, there's a lot of things
that obviously come into play.
But uh there's um a lot ofwonderful things that
organizations like CatholicCharities do for our community,
and you have such uhoverreaching outreach that it's
(13:33):
uh it's comforting to know thatorganizations like what you are
are there to help.
SPEAKER_00 (13:39):
Well, thank you.
And again, it's an honor torepresent our team in this work,
and we can't do it without allof our amazing community
partners like the CommunityFoundation.
SPEAKER_01 (13:49):
Well, Merry Christmas to you.
Happy New Year, best wishes inuh the holiday season.
We're 10 days away fromChristmas.
SPEAKER_00 (13:55):
I know, I can't believe it.
It's that's crazy.
SPEAKER_01 (13:59):
Are y'all you got your gifts all done?
SPEAKER_00 (14:01):
I just bought some last night, so I we're getting
there.
SPEAKER_01 (14:04):
Okay, yeah.
I know how that goes, but I'm aman, I'm used to that.
SPEAKER_00 (14:08):
I'm a last-minute shopper.
SPEAKER_01 (14:11):
There you go.
There you go.
Megan Roll is her name.
She's with Catholic charitiesbased in Salina, but has uh
organizations and uh operativeshere in Manhattan and uh 31
counties in Kansas.
So we appreciate uh her joiningus, we assume today from Salina.
Carla Johnson is stepping innext.
Uh she's with Salvation Army,she is blamed out.
(14:32):
Really?
I mean, I think so it is.
I've never seen her unblamedout.
So well, is that a word?
It is today.
Yeah, Megan says it or uh Gwensays it's a word.
So that's what we're going with.
We'll be back with Carla Johnsonnext on the GMCF Community Hour
here on News Radio KMAM.
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