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Mite Contributions
We are very excited to have added this page to our website to keep you informed of the progress we are making in reaching our new goal of $163,000 which was voted upon during our convention in September. Mite receipts as of October 31 totaled $19,871.97--$4,967.99 for national, $11,923.18 for District mission grants, and $2,980.80 for District in-reach operations. This does not include convention offering #1, the convention mission walk, nor LWML Sunday and Prayer Service offerings, which total an additional $6,630.18 for District mission grants. What a great start for the first four months of the biennium!
Mites total as of November 30, 2008 is $26,658.29. Watch this total grow!!!
As of December 26, our mites are up to $32,061.01!
As of January 26, 2009 the mites rose to $39,254.71.
As of February 10, 2009 the mites total: $41,875.18.
As of March 4, 2009, mites for the biennium now total $48,258.89. "I look forward to them breaking the $50,000 mark with our next deposit!" said Karen, our Financial Secretary.
As of May 6, 2009 the mites for the biennium stand at $66,497.85!
Mission Grants
One of the highlights of each convention is voting for the mission grants that we will be funding during the biennium. This biennium's Mission Grant goal is $97,800. The grants selected were: Lutheran Church & School Project La Print, Haiti; Trinity/HOPE, Haiti; Concordia Food Co-op, Ft. Wayne, IN; Restoring Faith, Home and Community, Camp Biloxi, MS; Immokalee Lutheran Mission Church, FL; Feed My Sheep, Woodstock, GA; Children of Hope, Peru. Funded as of February 20, 2009:
Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN Food Co-Op $2500.00
Lutheran Church & School Project La Point, Haiti 7305.80
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