February 11, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic lay organization, is calling on charities and volunteers nationwide to help the country’s needy people during the current economic crisis.
“Government can’t do everything. And to get our country back on track, government and volunteer and charitable organizations must work with each other, to reach those most in need in our communities,” Carl A. Anderson, the Christian group’s leader, writes in an opinion article in The Advocate, a newspaper in Stamford, Conn.
“While government engages in the lengthy process of implementing a response to the economic crisis, volunteers can reach out today to change the lives of those in need in their neighborhoods. And they must if we are to begin moving our nation in the right direction,” he writes in the article, which was published last week.
The Knights of Columbus are calling on the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other charities to attend a February 27 meeting in New York to discuss how volunteers can respond to the social problems triggered by the recession.
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