All (100%) of the proceeds from Padua’s Christmas For Others campaign benefit charities, non-profits and needy families.
CFO Recipients 2022
- A Special Wish
- Advent for Others/All Faiths Pantry
- Beat the Streets
- Birthcare of Medina County
- Cassidy’s Hope Foundation
- Catholic Worker House
- Dayton Children’s Hospital
- El Salvador Mission Trip (COAR)
- Heart for the Unhoused
- Kid’s Book Bank
- Matt Talbot Inn
- Mission Possible
- Nourish Kits
- Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
- Parma Animal Shelter
- Parma Hunger Center
- Promise for Haiti
- Providence House
- Special Olympics Ohio
- St. Francis School (Cleveland)
- St. Herman’s
- West Side Catholic Center
- William Cosgrove Center
For 51 years, the Padua community has come together in the Franciscan spirit of giving. Since its inception in 1971, CFO has raised over $500,000 for charity. CFO is the largest student-run outreach program in Northeast Ohio. It is sponsored, organized and operated by the students, under the direction of Padua’s Key (Kiwanis) Club.