Catholic Charities of Arkansas Catholic Relief Services Provides information and fundraising support for CRS, the USCCB's overseas relief and development agency

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Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official overseas relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. CRS programs work to alleviate human suffering and foster charity and justice around the world. To learn more, go to www.crs.org.

Outreach Programs

• Operation Rice Bowl (ORB): ORB is a Lenten program that seeks to educate participants on issues faced by the poor in the developing world and to raise funds for CRS overseas development projects. For more information, go to www.crs.org/orb.
  
  
• Work of Human Hands/Fair Trade: This program ensures that small-scale artisans and farmers overseas earn a fair price for their work. Work of Human Hands encourages parishes and schools to hold a craft sale of WHH items to benefit men, women and children in the developing world. For more information, go to www.crsfairtrade.org.
  
  
• Food Fast: Targeted for grades 8-12, Food Fast educates youth on Catholic Social teaching and the reality of severe inequalities in resource allocation. For more information, go to www.foodfast.org.
  
  
• CRS Collection: This national collection is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent and raises funds for Catholic Relief Services. For more information, go to the special collections calendar.

See article on this ministry in Arkansas Catholic.

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