HTN: Catholic Charities in Appeal Push

Catholic Charities is hoping for a last minute fund raising push to meet it's goal. With about one week left in the annual campaign, the organization says it has raised six-and-a-half million dollars. That's about 60-percent of the 11-million dollar goal. Last year Catholic Charities fell short by about 300-thousand dollars. Bishop Edward Kmiec says the organization has seen a surge in demand for its services due to the tough economic times.

HTN: Gift Cards Returned to Catholic Charities

A story that sounds straight out of Dickens. In November, some Scrooge took 15-hundred dollars worth of supermarket gift cards from the Catholic Charities' office on Oakmont Avenue. Now we find out that a Buffalo man bought the gift cards from someone on the street, to help his family at the holidays. Then the man heard the story of the theft on the news, and returned the cards to the office.