Title: ELCA Foundation Awards Fund to Children, Elderly Ministries ELCA NEWS SERVICE
March 21, 2007
ELCA Foundation Awards Fund to Children, Elderly Ministries 07-038-MRC
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Services for the Elderly (LSE) Endowment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) awarded a total of $243,000 in 2007 to eight Lutheran organizations dedicated to ministries and services for and by the elderly. The Lutheran Services for Children Endowment Fund of the ELCA awarded a total of $260,256 to six Lutheran organizations dedicated to services to and for ministries with children.
LSE and Lutheran Services for Children endowment funds are housed in the ELCA Foundation. Since 2002 LSE has awarded more than $1.58 million to Lutheran organizations dedicated to developing new methods of ministry primarily for and by older people and their families. Since 2004 Lutheran Services for Children has awarded $634,562.
"Thanks to its marvelous stewardship, Lutheran Services for the Elderly in Miami, along with many faithful donors, has left a lasting legacy for ministry. Since 2000 the ELCA Foundation has had the privilege of distributing grants totaling $2,266,413 on behalf of Lutheran Services for the Elderly and Lutheran Services for Children endowments. These grants continue to support the work of Lutheran social ministries across the country as they provide services to older adults and youth," said the Rev. Donald M. Hallberg, president, ELCA Foundation. "Ministries interested in applying for grants should contact ELCA Church in Society, and people interested in making gifts to continue these ministries should contact the ELCA Foundation," he said.
"Providing seed monies for projects that show the way for members of congregations and staff of social ministry organizations to venture into new ways of serving seniors and children is a privilege for those of us who work in administering these two endowments. Creativity and vision are critical elements of the proposals that receive grants, just as they are key to the generosity of the donors who have made these two funds available through this church," said Ruth A. Reko, director for social ministry organizations, ELCA Church in Society.
The 2007 LSE Endowment Fund recipients are:
+ Lutheran Services in America, Baltimore, $10,000 + Lutheran Social Services of New England, Wellesley, Mass., $45,000 + Lutheran Homes of South Carolina, Irmo, S.C., $70,000 + Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Des Plaines, $25,000 + Lutheran Settlement House, Philadelphia, $25,000 + Lutheran Senior Life, Zelienople, Pa., $25,000 + American Institute for Social Justice, Newark, N.J., $8,000 + ELCA Southeastern Synod, Atlanta, $35,000
Funds from LSE are awarded to ministries that demonstrate plans for service, education and research to benefit the elderly and their families or other services to the elderly. Grants provide seed money for ministries that offer innovative and replicable programs for the elderly.
The 2007 Lutheran Services for Children fund recipients are: + Central City Lutheran Mission, San Bernardino, Calif., $25,000 + Newberry College, Newberry, S.C., $70,000 + Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, $22,256 + Holy Family Ministries, Northfield, Ill., $70,000 + Cherish Our Children, Minneapolis, $70,000 + Lutheran Church of Our Savior, San Francisco, Calif., $3,000
Newberry is one of 28 colleges and universities of the ELCA.
Annual grants from Lutheran Services for Children provide seed money for programs that represent the most successful model of innovative service. - - -
Information about the ELCA's Lutheran Services for the Elderly Endowment Fund and Lutheran Services for Children Endowment Fund is available at http://www.ELCA.org/fo/lutheranservices.html on the ELCA Web site.
Information about the ELCA Foundation is available by calling 1-800-638-3522 ext. 2970 or at http://www.ELCA.org/fo/ on the ELCA Web site.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog