Coastal Bend Day of Giving breaks all time record

The 2016 Coastal Bend Day of Giving raised $2,138,788 (up from last year's $1.9 million) for 45 nonprofit agencies. It is the highest gifts received in any one year for the charitable organzation.

Among those charities receiving donations were The Ark Assessment Center and Emergency Shelter for Youth, receiving $61,709; Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi, receiving $55,584; and the Mother Teresa Shelter receiving, $49,601.