Every year, on the first Tuesday in May, the San Angelo Area Foundation organizes a concerted effort to encourage giving to local nonprofits, a drive known as “San Angelo Gives.” Over the 24-hour period of May 5, $2,677,064 were raised for 190 local nonprofits through 10,483 individual donations.
 
Six local Catholic organizations raised a total of $110,210 in donations and prizes.
 
Angelo Catholic School was the top earning Catholic organization, and 11 ^th overall, netting $53,900 from 128 donations.
 
Mount Carmel Hermitage in Christoval earned $22,237 from 105 donations. The hermitage was also the recipient of a $500 “Compassionate Community Caring Causes” prize awarded to the organization in each of three categories that raised the most during advanced giving from April 20 to May 4.
 
The Angelo State University Catholic Newman Center saw 52 donations totaling $13,935.
 
Catholic Outreach Services of San Angelo received $8,213 from 54 donations.
 
St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church in San Angelo had 24 donations equaling $8,175.
 
Rounding out the list of Catholic recipients was the Angelo Catholic School Scholarship Fund, which raised $2,250 from 14 donations. The scholarship fund was also the recipient of one of 20 “Stretch Goal” prizes of $1,000, awarded by the San Angelo Area Foundation to 20 organizations who helped push the total over the foundation’s goal of $2.5 million in total fundraising.
 
The generosity displayed during these difficult times will go a long way to help these organizations. Another coordinated donation drive will take place later this year. The #iGiveCatholic campaign is a nationwide day of giving specifically for Catholic organizations, schools, and parishes, and will be held on Dec. 1.