REGION 3
Family of God Lutheran Church (3D)
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Becoming Free! Becoming Me!
$2,000
A financial stewardship ministry program that assists a diverse range of women empowering them with training and resources in financial and debt management.

Everyday Miracles (3G)
Anoka, Minnesota
Doula Program
$3,500
Prenatal and postpartum education along with doula (professional labor support) for low-income women at risk for poor birth outcomes.

REGION 4
True Light Family Resource Center (4B)
Kansas City, Missouri
Emancipation Station
$2,500
Enrichment and empowerment programming in a daytime shelter setting for homeless women working towards freedom.

Lutheran Social Services of the South (4D)
Lubbock, Texas
Diabetes Prevention Program
$1,500
Education and supplies needed to prevent or alleviate diabetes through lifestyle changes for uninsured and low-income women and girls.

Hill Country Mission for Health, Inc. (4E)
Boerne, Texas
Healthcare Services
$3,500
Free or low-cost healthcare for uninsured women and their families.

REGION 5
Mutual Ground, Inc. (5A)
Aurora, Illinois
Domestic Violence Women’s Advocacy Program
$3,000
Counseling and support for Hispanic female victims of domestic violence.

Concordia Avondale Campus (5A)
Chicago, Illinois
Adult Education
$2,000
Support for women seeking to improve their lives by acquiring English language skills, high school education certification, and computer skills.

Churches United of the Quad Cities (5B)
Rock Island, Illinois
Winnie’s Place
$3,000
Homeless shelter for women providing food, clothing, support services, medicine and counseling.

Home of the Sparrow, Inc. (5B)
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Women’s Empowerment Program
$2,000
A women’s shelter offering life skills on how to become self-sufficient through job training skills, financial responsibility, education, parenting and advocacy.

Lutheran Services in Iowa (5D)
Ames, Iowa
Challenges
$1,500
Inpatient treatment for young girls ages five to fifteen who have sexual victimization and behavioral problems.

Women’s Resource Center of Racine (5J)
Racine, Wisconsin
Family Violence Advocacy Network
$2,000
Safety planning and other services for victims of family violence, and community education and advocacy training.

REGION 6
Whitington Homes (6C)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Mentoring Program
$3,000
A mentoring program in which two adult women are paired with a female resident of Whitington Homes. Many of the teens are pregnant or young moms and most are victims of abuse.

Salem Lutheran Church (6D)
Toledo, Ohio
GEM (God Empowering Mothers)
$1,500
An empowerment support group on life skills, health awareness, and recreation for neighborhood mothers.

Roselawn Lutheran (6F)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Healthy Choices
$3,000
An extended food pantry for women of color and their children that offers, nutritional and health education and health screenings in addition to food.

REGION 7
Pilgrim Journey Community Church (7A)
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Women's Support Group
$3,000
A safe and healing support environment for immigrant women to express themselves and share their experiences.

Trinity Lutheran Church (7C)
New York, New York
Women Moving Forward (Mujeres en Progreso)
$2,500
Weekly support workshops for poor, Latina women to address themes of domestic violence, access to healthcare, HIV/AIDS, and depression.

Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion (7F)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Welcome Center
$3,000
A place of hospitality, engagement, nourishment, and resources for homeless women and children with special group services and individual counseling.

REGION 8
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service(8F)
Baltimore, Maryland
Women’s Empowerment Sustainability Project
$3,500
Continued empowerment of refugee women as they build on their strengths to integrate economically and socially into U.S. society.

N Street Village (8G)
Washington, D.C.
Nutrition Awareness Project
$2,000
Program that encourages good nutritional choices and weight loss for homeless and low-income women.

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National Lutheran Church Women Fellowship
Self-Esteem and Empowerment Program
$1,000
Training and empowerment women who are victims of violent civil unrest on the subjects of self-respect, self-esteem, and positive body image.

PERU
D.B. Peru
Midwife Training Program
$1,000
Training for midwives in the Peruvian Amazon to reduce the rate of infant and maternal mortality.

TANZANIA
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania Pare Diocese
Pangaro Water System
$1,000
Completion of a complex water system for women to have access to clean water, eliminate hauling of water, and promote crop production through irrigation.

UGANDA
Community Action for Development
Local Poultry Project
$1,000
Improvement in women’s health through economic enhancement and improved nutrition resulting from poultry rearing.

Youth Association for Rural Development
HIV/AIDS Program
$1,000
An HIV/AIDS awareness program and series of workshops conducted in communities and schools in Nyenga.