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2-February-2000 
00054 
 
    Presbyterian Women's Birthday Offering 
    Recipients Announced 
 
    Five projects recognized for healing ministries, 
    providing safe havens 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- Presbyterian Women (PW) has announced the five ministry 
projects that will be recipients of the 2000 Birthday Offering of the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s women's organization. 
 
    The recipients are profiled in the January/February issue of 
"HORIZONS," the magazine of Presbyterian Women. 
 
    The Birthday Offering was begun in 1922.  The offering is collected by 
PW groups throughout the church in the spring of each year. 
 
    This year's offering focuses on two areas of ministry - healing others 
and providing a safe haven. 
 
    This year's recipients: 
 
    * Children of Bethlehem, Sorocabo City, Brazil: an ecumenical agency, 
the Bethlehem Children's Association provides basic needs for children from 
birth to 8 years old who are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. 
 
    * Donaldina Cameron House, San Francisco, Calif.: named in honor of a 
woman who devoted 43 years of her life to serving Chinese immigrants to the 
Bay Area, Cameron House has served the needs of Asian women and children 
for 125 years. 
 
    * From Clinic to Community: Treating Lymphatic Filariasis and 
Elephantisis, Hospital Ste. Croix, Haiti: in partnership with the Episcopal 
Diocese of Haiti and in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control in 
Atlanta, the project provides basic health education to women, patient 
support groups and training for mid-level medical staff and village health 
workers. 
 
    * The Women's Healing Center, Branson, Mo.: with victims of domestic 
violence currently being housed in motels, the center will now be able to 
build a safe facility of its own for women and children in need. 
 
    * Women's and Children's Building (Phase II) of the Presbyterian Night 
Shelter, Ft. Worth, Texas: With the number of homeless women and children 
growing in the area, a new women's and children's building will be 
constructed to meet the escalating need. 

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