Helping youth realize their full potential. 
Offering academic support for kids in a safe environment after school. 
Keeping kids safe and active during the summer. 
Over 90% of the proceeds from the Archbishop’s Benefit for Children provide direct services to children in need. 
Preparing adolescents for high school, graduation & post-secondary success. 
Providing hope to tomorrow’s generation.
Catholic Social Services’ 2021 Archbishop’s Benefit for Children
The incredible thing about children is their ability to see the good in everything that life has to offer. They are dreamers, with their hearts set on bright futures, and they find happiness in the simplest of things. Their lives have barely begun and they can do anything they set their minds to. That is, if they are given the means to do so.
Programs
OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME
Out-of-School-Time Programs enrich the lives of students by providing afterschool academic support and a variety of cultural and recreational activities that serve as outlets to showcase their talents and skills.
ARCHBISHOP’S CHRISTMAS GALA
Each year, The Archbishop’s Christmas Gala provides a celebration for over 500 children who are served by CSS.
CASA DEL CARMEN PRESCHOOL ACADEMY
Casa del Carmen Preschool Academy provides quality child care and learning at low cost to help working families.
Your support makes a difference
Motivated by our Catholic faith, Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CSS) has been entrusted to provide children in the Greater Philadelphia region with the resources they need to learn and grow in a nurturing environment. Gifts made to the Archbishop’s Benefit for Children, an initiative of the Catholic Charities Appeal, support the daily operations and special projects of CSS programs that provide help and create hope for thousands of children and youth each year, including children of veteran households and immigrant families. In addition, CSS offers a full range of support services for pregnant mothers and their newborn children.
ABC BY THE NUMBERS
A year-long initiative
The Archbishop’s Benefit for Children is a year-long initiative that provides critical support in order to help fund these various youth programs. Operating these programs and services at this cost would not be possible without the generous support of donors. Contribution to the Benefit will help fund programs that enable children to develop and thrive, and that strengthen families so that their children receive the loving support necessary for them to realize brighter futures. All of the money raised supports children charities of Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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News
Southwest Family Service Center Meet and Greet 2021
August 5, 2021
Baby shower pampers moms and little ones
July 30, 2021
2020 Archbishop’s Benefit for Children Impact Report
July 29, 2021