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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

July 3, 2003

Women of the ELCA Awards Domestic and International Grants
03-143-JAC

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) awarded $122,100 domestically and $61,543
internationally for a total of $183,643 in grants to support a
variety of projects targeted at supporting families and communities.
     The Women of the ELCA Grants Program selection committee chose
50 recipients this year for projects such as job training, youth
mentoring, health care, education enhancement, domestic violence
prevention, prison and after-prison support and AIDS prevention.
     "We have a real commitment to strengthening families and
communities," said Doris E. Strieter, grants program administrator,
Women of the ELCA.
     Of the 50 grants awarded, 10 went to international programs,
including six in Africa.  "In Africa it's important.  Because of
AIDS, there are a lot of widows who are left without income,"
Strieter said.
     Domestic grants were awarded to support projects in Fremont,
Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif.; Norwalk, Conn.; Washington, D.C.;
Brandenton, Fla.; Atlanta; Chicago, Des Plaines, Joliet and Palatine,
Ill.; Dubuque and Waverly, Iowa; Worcester, Mass.; Baltimore and
Crownsville, Md.; Minneapolis and Windom, Minn.; St. Louis; Omaha,
Neb.; New York and Rochester, N.Y.; Dayton, Shelby and Springfield,
Ohio; Portland, Ore.; Media, Pa.; Anderson and Raleigh, S.C.;
Vermillion, S.D.; Wichita Falls, Texas; Everett and Seattle, Wa.;
Kearneysville, W.Va.
     International grants were awarded to support projects in Chile,
India, Kenya, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania and Uganda.
     Since the program's inception in 1988,  Women of the ELCA has
awarded more than $2.5 million.
     Information about the Women of the ELCA Grants Program is
maintained at http://www.elca.org/wo/grants.html on the Web.

* Jessica A. Crane is completing her bachelor of arts degree at
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.  This summer she is an intern with
ELCA News and Media Production.

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