Community Outreach

The mission of the CBE Outreach Committee is to nurture the spirituality of its members, affiliates, and participants by serving others, through service to the poor, feeding the hungry, caring for the young and vulnerable in our greater Indianapolis community. Goals of the Committee

  • Enhance faith experiences of all participants.
  • Provide service opportunities to participants.
  • Bring the Catholic Business Exchange organization into the public and religious sectors of the greater Indianapolis community.

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Fatima Retreat House Project

Posted by on Jun 10, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events | 0 comments

Volunteers Needed: Fatima Retreat House CBE project will be June 23-26, 2014, from 5PM-9PM each day.  Please call Alice with questions or email her at asteppe@alicesteppe.com to volunteer, update your work times/day to volunteer or with any additional questions. A light dinner will be provided! We look forward to hearing from you! Thanks!

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Gleaners Food Bank Distribution Center

Posted by on Mar 20, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Gleaners Food Bank Distribution Center -  3737 Waldemere Avenue, Indianapolis, IN                                                               Contact Chris Roberts  at chris@agmaas.com or 317-332-5217   Would you like to volunteer to help feed the hungry in our community.  Your CBE Outreach Committee is organizing a work day at Gleaners,  Saturday August 8, 2015.  We will gather at the above address at 8:00 a.m. and will complete our work by 12:00 noon.  If you have not volunteered at Gleaners, you are in for a great experience.  Can...

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St. Vincent de Paul Warehouse

Posted by on Feb 27, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

St. Vincent de Paul Warehouse   1201 E Maryland St, Indianapolis, IN     CBE is assigned Saturdays by St. Vincent de Paul to help retrieve donations for the warehouse and/or to serve customers to the warehouse. Times for service begin at 8:00 a.m. and end between Noon and 2:00 p.m. on the assigned Saturdays. Current dates assigned for CBE volunteers in 2015 are: January 31st, March 14th, April 25th, June 6th, July 18th, August 29th, October 10th, November 21st, and in 2016 the first opportunity is January 9th. Extra volunteers are...

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St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry

Posted by on Feb 27, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry   3001 E. 30th     Indianapolis, IN                                           Organization needs volunteers to work as a team at the pantry on a monthly basis. Current dates for 2015 include:   February 21st, April 11th, May 16th, June 27th, August 8th, September 19th, October 31st,  December 12th Interested volunteers are encouraged to contact Brian and participate in this worthy...

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National Catholic Youth Conference

Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC)                                                                                                                        Contact Larry Haler at LHaler1@gmail.com  or 317-439-2989   The Catholic Youth Conventions are held in Indianapolis every other year and require numerous volunteers to succeed.  As Indianapolis hosted the NCYC conference, CBE members have historically volunteered for such activities as crowd control, rangling buses, selling logo wear, working in the prayer room,  assisting in...

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Gleaners Food Bank Distribution Center

Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Gleaners Food Bank Distribution Center -  3737 Waldemere Avenue, Indianapolis, IN                                                               Contact Chris Roberts  at chris@agmaas.com or 317-332-5217 CBE members gather as a group once or twice a year to volunteer at the Gleaners Food Pantry to package donations for distribution to their customers.  Watch for our next opportunity to assist at the warehouse or pantry.       ...

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Fatima Retreat House

Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events | 0 comments

 Fatima Retreat House   -  5353 East 56th, Indianapolis, IN     Our mission statement: Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Retreat House welcomes people of all faiths to come away and rest in God.  We offer hospitality, a peaceful setting with a supportive environment for reflection, and programs for spiritual renewal. Contact Alice Steppe at asteppe@alicesteppe.com  or  317-828-4020                                                                                                                                                                          ...

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Toys for Tots

Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Community Outreach, Past Events | 0 comments

Toys for Tots – Annual Holiday Campaign Contact Brian C. Carey at pressed4time441@sbcglobal.net  or 317-466-0354 CBE works with many Catholic high schools, grade schools and parishes to gather toys for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign during the Christmas holiday. The toys are then distributed prior to Christmas by the Marines.  Our next project will be the holiday season for...

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