Dan Cirucci: Kicking Off A Special Week With Noted Honors!

Friday, April 21, 2017

Kicking Off A Special Week With Noted Honors!

Catholic Social Services (CSS) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will kick off National Volunteer Week (April 23-29) by announcing the 2017 CSS Volunteer of the Year in a special ceremony at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center.

Each year, CSS recognizes a dedicated volunteer who has made significant contributions to a particular program. The recipient of this year’s award will be Ms. Mary Stock, who is a parishioner of Saint Katharine Drexel parish in the City of Chester.

Monday, April 24, 2017
11:30 a.m.
Archdiocesan Pastoral Center
222 North 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre will present this award and highlight Ms. Stock’s impact on CSS’ ministerial outreach to those in need.

Ms. Amy Stoner, Director of Community-based and Homeless Services of CSS, along with last year’s Volunteer of the Year, Reverend Anthony Orth, Pastor of Saint Gabriel Parish in Norwood (Delaware County) and Chaplain of CSS’ Chester City Family Service Center Coffee Club, will be in attendance to offer additional remarks.

Ms. Stock is one of over 3,200 CSS volunteers who provided a combined total of nearly 60,000 volunteer hours to the Church’s works of charity last year. After retiring as a nurse more than three years ago, she began volunteering at the Chester City Family Service Center Coffee Club, a drop-in service for the homeless and needy. She has worked tirelessly to expand the Club’s activities program; assisted with “Club Member” field trips to Longwood Gardens, Linvilla Orchards, and Citizen’s Bank Park; and transports men and women to the Family Service Center, Church, doctor’s appointments and more.

National Volunteer Week is promoted each year by the Points of Light Foundation, and seeks to inspire, recognize and encourage people to engage in volunteer service and make a difference in their local communities.

Note: CSS’ Volunteer and Community Relations Program facilitates opportunities for individuals and groups to provide support and assistance to CSS programs in both one-time and ongoing volunteer commitments. For additional information on volunteer opportunities, please call 215-854-7058, or email cssvolunteers@chs-adphila.org. To learn more about CSS, please visit www.cssphiladelphia.org.

To learn more about the Point of Light Foundation, please visit http://www.pointsoflight.org/.

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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