ELCA Gifts to Haiti Now Exceed $4.6 Million

February 12, 2010

ELCA Gifts to Support Recovery Efforts in Haiti Exceed $4.6 Million

    CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Since the earthquake in Haiti one month ago, the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has received over 27,000
gifts totaling more than $4.2 million to support humanitarian relief
efforts in Haiti. According to ELCA Treasurer Christina Jackson-Skelton,
the ELCA received an additional $320,000 in a matching grant from
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, bringing the overall total to more than
$4.6 million in gifts to the ELCA.

Read more at http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4447

For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news
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Rev. Linda Anderson-Little
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
6325 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO  63117
314.721.6974 (w)
314.581.6365 (cell)
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