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As Women of the
ELCA, we are
prepared to lead
boldly — first the
church and then
beyond — in
promoting women's
complete and total
health: physical,
emotional, and
spiritual. So we may
foster this
initiative, our
grants program in
2008 focused funding
toward projects and
agencies dedicated
to education, health
care, and advocacy,
emboldening women
and girls to lead
healthier lives.
These grants are one
way in which we
respond to God's
call for justice and
an abundant life.
As a churchwide
community of women,
some of our most
powerful resources
are the financial
offerings we give in
support of our
organizational
commitment to
"promote healing and
wholeness in the
church, the society,
and the world."
Because of generous
gifts from Women of
the ELCA
participants, the
grants program has
been able to award
more than $3 million
since 1988.
The needs and
challenges remain
great. You may help
support the grants
program with a
monetary gift or
through a planned
gift. Send your
donation or inquiry
about planned giving
to the address at
right.
Click
here
for a
print-friendly
version of the
following list
of recipients.
Women of the ELCA
Grants Program
2008 Grant Recipients
DOMESTIC GRANTS
REGION 1
SafePlace (1C*)
Olympia, Washington
Domestic Violence Counseling
$3,500
Individual counseling sessions and support groups for survivors of domestic
violence and sexual assault.
American Domestic
Violence Crisis Line (1E)
Portland, Oregon
Volunteer Advocate Training
$2,500
Training for volunteer advocates who provide support on a 24-hour toll-free
crisis line accessible from 175 countries to American citizens overseas dealing
with domestic violence and child abuse.
REGION 2
City Impact, Inc. (2B)
Oxnard, California
Family Resource
Center
$2,500
Community resources for emergency needs, healthcare services, transportation
needs, and other support services for women and their families.
Escalante Health
Center (2D)
Phoenix, Arizona
You Go Girl!
$1,500
Free-of-charge sports physicals to uninsured and underserved girls attending
public school so they may participate in sports and other activities.
Work Options for
Women (2E)
Denver, Colorado
WOW Culinary Training
$1,500
Culinary training program, coupled with life skills and job placement services
for poor and homeless women moving from poverty to self-sufficiency.
Fighting Abuse in the Home - FAITH (2E)
Denver, Colorado
Domestic and Teen Dating Violence
$2,000
Support groups for underserved and low-income young women experiencing
domestic violence or teen dating violence.
REGION
3
Family of God Lutheran Church (3D)
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Becoming Free! Becoming Me!
$2,000
A financial stewardship ministry program that assists a diverse range of women
empowering them with training and resources in financial and debt management.
Everyday Miracles (3G)
Anoka, Minnesota
Doula Program
$3,500
Prenatal and postpartum education along with doula (professional labor support)
for low-income women at risk for poor birth outcomes.
REGION
4
True Light Family Resource Center (4B)
Kansas City, Missouri
Emancipation Station
$2,500
Enrichment and empowerment
programming in a daytime shelter setting for homeless women working towards
freedom.
Lutheran Social Services of the South (4D)
Lubbock, Texas
Diabetes Prevention Program
$1,500
Education and supplies needed to prevent or alleviate diabetes through lifestyle
changes for uninsured and low-income women and girls.
Hill Country Mission for Health, Inc. (4E)
Boerne, Texas
Healthcare Services
$3,500
Free or low-cost healthcare for uninsured women and their
families.
REGION
5
Mutual Ground, Inc. (5A)
Aurora, Illinois
Domestic Violence Women’s Advocacy
Program
$3,000
Counseling and support for Hispanic female victims of
domestic violence.
Concordia Avondale Campus (5A)
Chicago, Illinois
Adult Education
$2,000
Support for women seeking to improve their lives by acquiring English
language skills, high school education certification, and computer skills.
Churches United of the Quad Cities (5B)
Rock Island, Illinois
Winnie’s Place
$3,000
Homeless shelter for women providing food, clothing, support services,
medicine and counseling.
Home of the Sparrow, Inc. (5B)
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Women’s Empowerment Program
$2,000
A women’s shelter offering life skills on how to become self-sufficient
through job training skills, financial responsibility, education, parenting and
advocacy.
Lutheran Services in Iowa (5D)
Ames, Iowa
Challenges
$1,500
Inpatient treatment for young girls ages five to fifteen
who have sexual victimization and behavioral problems.
Women’s Resource Center of Racine
(5J)
Racine, Wisconsin
Family Violence Advocacy Network
$2,000
Safety planning and other services for victims of family
violence, and community education and advocacy training.
REGION
6
Whitington Homes (6C)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Mentoring Program
$3,000
A mentoring program in which two adult women are paired with a female
resident of Whitington Homes. Many of the teens are pregnant or young moms and
most are victims of abuse.
Salem Lutheran Church (6D)
Toledo, Ohio
GEM (God Empowering Mothers)
$1,500
An empowerment support group on life skills, health
awareness, and recreation for neighborhood mothers.
Roselawn Lutheran (6F)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Healthy Choices
$3,000
An extended food pantry for women of color and their children that offers,
nutritional and health education and health screenings in addition to food.
REGION
7
Pilgrim Journey Community Church (7A)
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Women's Support Group
$3,000
A safe and healing support environment for immigrant women to
express themselves and share their experiences.
Trinity Lutheran Church (7C)
New York, New York
Women Moving Forward (Mujeres en
Progreso)
$2,500
Weekly support workshops for poor, Latina women to address themes of domestic
violence, access to healthcare, HIV/AIDS, and depression.
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion (7F)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Welcome Center
$3,000
A place of hospitality, engagement, nourishment, and
resources for homeless women and children with special group services and
individual counseling.
REGION
8
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service(8F)
Baltimore, Maryland
Women’s Empowerment Sustainability
Project
$3,500
Continued empowerment of refugee women as they build on
their strengths to integrate economically and socially into U.S. society.
N Street Village (8G)
Washington, D.C.
Nutrition Awareness Project
$2,000
Program that encourages good nutritional choices and weight loss for homeless
and low-income women.
REGION
9
West Virginia Community Services for Women (9A)
Bluefield, West Virginia
Women’s Centers
$1,000
Services, training, clothing, and other support needs for
low-income women who are interviewing for employment.
Reformation Lutheran Church (9C)
Columbia, South Carolina
Summer SPLASH Program
$2,000
A summer program for refugee and immigrant children, ages 4–14
to learn English, math, and other life skills.
Bethel Free Health Clinic (9D)
Biloxi, Mississippi
Healthy Coast Women
$3,000
Project offering screening, treatment, education, and patient sharing as a
means to prevent heart disease, diabetes, and stroke in women of the Mississippi
Gulf Coast.
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS by Country
INDIA
New Earth Team
Reproductive Health Care for Tribal Women
$1,000
Education of tribal women and girls in reproductive health care, low-cost herbal medicines, and health and nutritional enhancement through gardening
activities.
Badvel Taluk Land Development
Sustainable Development Program for Women
$1,000
Provision of milking animals and instruction as a means to improve
their health and economic status.
KENYA
Sunshine Youth Group
Holistic Support for Teen Girls
$1,000
Support to female teenage orphans who are victims of abuse, sexual
exploitation, and child labor.
LIBERIA/b>
National Lutheran Church Women Fellowship
Self-Esteem and Empowerment Program
$1,000
Training and empowerment women who are victims of violent civil unrest on the
subjects of self-respect, self-esteem, and positive body image.
PERU
D.B. Peru
Midwife Training Program
$1,000
Training for midwives in the Peruvian Amazon to reduce the rate of
infant and maternal mortality.
TANZANIA
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania Pare Diocese
Pangaro Water System
$1,000
Completion of a complex water system for women to have access
to clean water, eliminate hauling of water, and promote crop production through
irrigation.
UGANDA
Community Action for Development
Local Poultry Project
$1,000
Improvement in women’s health through economic enhancement and improved nutrition
resulting from poultry rearing.
Youth Association for Rural Development
HIV/AIDS Program
$1,000
An HIV/AIDS awareness program and series of workshops conducted in
communities and schools in Nyenga.
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