Last week Episcopal Community Ministries (ECM) awarded $44,000 in grants to congregations across the Diocese of Southern Ohio. The summer awards follow $64,500 in grants that were awarded in February.
ECM’s 2023 grants, which are funded by donations and by an annual draw from the Blanchard Memorial Endowment Fund established by the trustees of the diocese, support ministries that provide food, supplies, services, access to medical care, education, childcare, and more.
2023 ECM Grants
- Church of the Advent, Cincinnati: Open Door Free Fridge
- All Saints, New Albany: The Garden for All
- All Saints, Pleasant Ridge: Summer Saints Summer Camp
- Church of the Advent, Cincinnati: Good News Garden
- Church of the Redeemer, Cincinnati: CoR After School
- Christ Church, Dayton: City Heart
- Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati: Queen City Street Choir
- Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati: The 5000 Club
- Epiphany, Nelsonville: Community Meal
- Good Samaritan, Amelia: Feeding Ministry
- Good Shepherd, Athens: The Sharing Cabinet
- Grace Church, Cincinnati (College Hill): Community Dinner
- Grace Church, Cincinnati (College Hill): Summer Camp Reading
- Grace Church, Pomeroy: Steve Storey Memorial Shoe Voucher (provides students of Meigs County Ohio with a free pair of shoes at the start of each school year)
- Our Saviour / La Iglesia de Nuestro Salvador, Cincinnati: Food Ministry
- Our Saviour / La Iglesia de Nuestro Salvador, Cincinnati: Transformations CDC
- St. Andrew’s, Cincinnati: Summer Camp Reading
- St. James, Cincinnati: My Neighbor’s Place
- St. John’s, Franklinton: Nourishing Earth, Body & Soul (NEBS) (community meal)
- St, Luke’s, Granville: Market Street Pantry
- St. Margaret’s, Trotwood: Summer Arts Camp
- St. Margaret’s, Trotwood: STEM Camp
- St. Patrick’s, Dublin: CATCH Freedom
- St. Peter’s, Gallipolis: Loaves & Fishes
- St. Philip’s in Circleville, St. Paul’s in Chillicothe, St. John’s in Lancaster, and St. Paul’s in Logan: Blessing Boxes (four-church collaborative to install and maintain Blessing Boxes on each property)
- St. Philip, Columbus: Community Youth Outreach
- St. Simon of Cyrene, Cincinnati: Summer Camp Reading
- St. Stephen’s, Columbus: Neighborhood Services, Inc.
- St. Stephen’s, Columbus: Street Church (brings worship, food and services to neighbors)
- Trinity, Columbus: In the Garden
- Trinity, Columbus: State ID Voucher Program
- Trinity, London: Madison County Food Pantry
- Trinity, Troy: Torrence Medical Fund
