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ACC History
HISTORY On December 12, 1918, with
the blessings of Bishop Edward O’Dea, a group of Seattle’s Catholic
women met for the first time to organize a program of social welfare on behalf
of children and families in need. The Seattle Council of Catholic Women was
founded by: Mrs.
John B. Agen Mrs.
John N. Jackson Mrs.
Broussais Beck Mrs.
Mary Kutzchawn Mrs.
Clarence B. Blethen Mrs.
Frank McDermott Mrs.
Michael Donahoe Miss
Katherine Meloy Mrs.
J.S.G. Graham
Mrs. Charles E. Peabody Initially, these women cared
for the children themselves and were involved in their placement in adoptive
homes and foster care. As the
workload increased, they employed professional childcare workers to tend to the
children, while they focused their efforts on raising money. In the late 1920’s the first “Circles” were formed. Members
gathered in small neighborhood groups to facilitate special projects, fund
raising, and to sew layettes for the infants. ∙ 1935 Seattle Council of Catholic Women became Catholic
Women’s Child Welfare League (CWCWL). ∙ 1937 Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy began the move toward a more
structured professional social service based program. Today known as Catholic
Community Services (CCS) it is the largest private social service agency in ∙ 1942 CWCWL changed its name to Association for Catholic Childhood
(ACC). That same year, ACC expanded
its scope to include the entire Archdiocese of Seattle, encompassing all of ∙ 1948 ACC adopted as its logo the symbol of the Christ Child as the
“Light of the World.” ∙ 1980
CCS expanded their programs to cover a broader array of social services. The
members of ACC voted to continue their focus on children and families. ∙ 1997 ACC established a membership committee to recruit new members
to insure the continuation of ACC and its mission into the future. Six new Circles were formed and an
additional 100 women became part of ACC and its work. Currently, there are 20 active Circles,
with 600 members. ∙ 2002 ACC Endowment Fund was established to insure that our mission
of providing for children and families will live on in perpetuity. ∙ 2008 the tag line For the
Children…Caring and Advocacy Since 1918 was
adopted. Throughout the years, the
mission of Association for Catholic Childhood has remained constant. The
members continue the work, begun in 1918, of assisting children and families in
need. In 2008-2009 through fundraising activities, volunteering and advocacy,
ACC was able to award $153,880 in grants to 20 agencies in Western Washington
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