Catholic Charities – Archdiocese of San Antonio is launching a new fundraiser aimed at expanding a workforce development program that teaches sewing skills and helps participants move toward employment or entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n
The organization will host its first-ever The Launch luncheon benefiting Sewing for Success on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Oak Hills Country Club, 5403 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX 78229.<\/p>\n
Catholic Charities said Sewing for Success equips participants with \u201cvaluable sewing skills and hands-on techniques,\u201d with the goal of helping them pursue meaningful employment opportunities or start their own small businesses. The program provides hands-on training and practical experience intended to build skills that can lead to greater independence and long-term success.<\/p>\n
The luncheon will include lunch, a raffle and the chance to purchase handcrafted items made by workforce development participants. Catholic Charities said proceeds will support the continued development of the Sewing for Success program.<\/p>\n
Catholic Charities said it is working with community partners including SAS Shoes, Richter Goods and Jon Hart.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy supporting Sewing for Success, you are helping participants build skills, confidence, and new opportunities for their futures,\u201d said Ada Saenz, Catholic Charities\u2019 president and CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catholic Charities – Archdiocese of San Antonio is launching a new fundraiser aimed at expanding a workforce development…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-440514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}