Dan Cirucci: Outreach Center Holds Early Thanksgiving Event

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Outreach Center Holds Early Thanksgiving Event

The Fatima Catholic Outreach Center will hoses a Thanksgiving Celebration to mark recent beautification and maintenances of its buildings and grounds made possible by generous donations and the work of over 150 parish volunteers and community group members.

Fatima Catholic Outreach Center is a ministry of Catholic Social Services (CSS) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Saint Charles Borromeo Church in Bensalem. Approximately, the center has served around 3,800 individuals this year.

The Thomas Edison Electric Company donated nearly $14,000 to help the Center pay for labor and materials needed to upgrade lighting. Special recognition was given to Mr. Joseph White, CEO of Thomas Edison Electric Company. Certificates of recognition were awarded to 150 dedicated volunteers during the celebration.

Saturday, November 19, 2022
2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
3:00 (recognition presentation)
Fatima Catholic Outreach Center
2915 Street Road
Bensalem, PA 19020

Mr. James Amato, Secretary of Catholic Human Services and Reverend Philip M. Forlano, Pastor of Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church will be present at the celebration. Several CSS administrators, staff, instructors, and regular volunteers will be on hand to greet volunteers and participants.

The celebration included Latin food catered by two of the Center’s certified community food vendors. These individuals obtained their food certification with the aid of the Center’s education and finance program.

Ground beautifications and repairs of Fatima Catholic Outreach Center included enhancement of the soccer fields; building façade upgrades; cleanup and painting of the community center and adjacent building; indoor and outdoor upgrades of lighting fixtures and electrical repairs; and landscaping and end of season cleanup of the Center’s large community garden.

Editor’s Note: For more information on Fatima Catholic Outreach Center, please contact Estela Reyes-Bugg at 215-400-1130.

The Fatima Outreach Center
The Fatima Outreach Center, located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, offers assistance and support to individuals new to the country. It provides social work and community immigration resources, accompaniment, Domestic Violence Advocacy, seasonal English Second Language (ESL) classes, interpretation services, gardening and arts programs, financial education, immigration legal services and more. Fatima Outreach Center is a parish-based ministry in partnership with Catholic Social Services and Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.

For more information on Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, please visit https://cssphiladelphia.org/.

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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.

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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.

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