Episcopal Community Ministries (ECM) awarded $25,550 in Special Food Insecurity Grants to congregations across the diocese this month. The awards were made possible by a pair of $10,000 gifts, one from an anonymous donor and the other from the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund.
The Special Food Insecurity Fund, which ECM launched in August, also received more than $5,500 in individual donations, including those made during the offering at the Electing Convention Eucharist on September 30.
Special Food Insecurity Grant Recipients
Blessing Boxes:
Church of the Advent, Cincinnati: Open Door Free Fridge
Good Shepherd, Athens: Sharing Cabinet and Monthly Wednesday Lunch
St. James, Piqua: St. James Little Pantry
Collaborative Food Pantries and Collaborative Ministries
St. Luke’s, Granville: Market Street Pantry
St. Patrick’s, Lebanon: Lebanon Food Pantry
St. Simon of Cyrene, Lincoln Heights: Pop-up Mobile Valley Pantry
St. Timothy’s, Cincinnati: Outreach to Our Daily Bread and IPM Food Pantry
Trinity, London: Madison County Food Pantry
Community Dinners:
All Saints, Pleasant Ridge: Pleasant Ridge Free Community Dinner
Community of the Transfiguration, Glendale: Food for the Soul
Grace Church, College Hill: Grace/Oasis Community Dinner and Pantry
Holy Trinity, Oxford: Community Dinner and Blessing Bags
St. John’s, Worthington: Friendship Dinner and participation in Worthington Food Pantry
St. Peter’s, Gallipolis: Loaves & Fishes
Community Gardens:
Church of the Advent, Cincinnati: Good News Garden
Food Pantries:
Church of the Advent, Cincinnati: Open Door Pantry & Café
Christ Church, Springfield: Christ Episcopal Church Food Pantry
Good Samaritan, Amelia: COGS Food Pantry
Our Saviour, Mt. Auburn & Price Hill: Food Ministries (3 times a week) and Community Dinners
Our Saviour, Price Hill: Transformations CDC Westmont Pantry
Our Saviour, Mechanicsburg: Mechanicsburg Free Community Meal and Gardening Program
St. Andrew’s, Evanston: St. Andrew’s Food Pantry
Trinity, Newark: Market Street Pantry and Cooperative Community Meal
