Rice Bowl Grant Recipients History   

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Rice Bowl helps youth program adapt

By Lindsay Steele
The Catholic Messenger

Each year, local CRS Rice Bowl donations help Project Renewal reach out to youths in downtown Davenport by providing funds for snacks and meals. During Project Renewal’s after-school and summer programs, students in grades K-12 are taught life skills, get help with homework and engage in various activities.

The $1,000 received from Rice Bowl this year is helping Project Renewal cope with pandemic-related changes, said director Ann Schwickerath. Read more...

A postcard was mailed to parishes, asking for updated orders for 2021 CRS Rice Bowl materials. Please review and return back to CRS.  Please see postcard snapshot below:

Parishes and Catholic Schools across the U.S. participate in the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl Lenten program.  Through prayer, fasting,  learning and giving, parishioners learn solidarity with families and individuals in other countries.  During Lent, Parishioners are asked to contribute to the CRS Rice Bowl collection.  These funds further the work of CRS internationally, and support of organizations locally for programs that compliment CRS objectives such as feeding the hungry.  The first 25% of the total collection is retained by the Diocese for use as grants to such local organizations.  The other 75% assists CRS to address causes of global poverty and hunger.

The Bishop appoint a Diocesan Board to allocate the  Rice Bowl funds retained for local use.  The Board is composed of clergy, religious, and laypeople from around the Diocese, and is chaired by the Diocesan Director for CRS, and is the same Board and Director for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).

If you still have not send in your collection please do as soon as possible.  Now more than ever our Diocese relies on your donations to help us fight hunger locally and around the world.  

Your contribution will allow us to have a more healthy collection during these difficult times, making funds available for local grants to organizations around the diocese that help fight hunger.
 

The Diocese appreciates your Rice Bowl Contribution.

Ways to donate:
 

CRS Collection Information Sheet.

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