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Synod Malaria Goal $250,000 .... Total Donated To Date $243,000 .... Total Still Needed $7,000

 

 

     

Checks should be made payable and sent to:

Northeastern Ohio Synod

1890 Bailey Road

Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221

(memo: ELCA Malaria Campaign)

 

 

 

 

 

Resources for the ELCA Malaria Campaign

 

 

 

ELCA Malaria Campaign

 

Every  45  60 seconds a child dies from malaria. 

Malaria is preventable. 

Malaria is treatable. 

The time to act is now.

Together, through the ELCA Malaria Campaign, we can

restore health and inspire hope for millions of people.

 

 

For additional information, ideas, resources, temple talks and activities, please contact our synod campaign coordinators: Rod (rod.sprang@sanofi.com), Debbie (dsprang@bw.edu) and Katie Sprang (ksprang@mail.bw.edu).

 

 

The ELCA Malaria Campaign was rolled out to the whole church during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in August 2011.  At that time, we recognized the great work of 11 pioneering Pilot Synods, and invited the rest of the ELCA’s 65 synods to join us in our efforts to make malaria history.

 

I’m thrilled to report that the ELCA Malaria Campaign has gained momentum all over the church. From Hawaii to Maine, from Minnesota to Texas, individuals and congregations have given generously to the ELCA’s efforts to contain malaria in Africa. This week, we surpassed the $4 million mark!  That means we’re over 25% of the way to our goal. Many thanks to the generous ELCA members and congregations who’ve helped us to reach this great milestone!

 

Another exciting milestone was reached this week as well: today we celebrate the first synod to reach the $200,000 mark in their fundraising efforts. Congratulations (and many thanks) to the Northeastern Ohio Synod! 

 

I’d like to recognize a few other synods whose hard work has brought them very close to reaching the $200,000 mark:

  • Southwest California Synod: $195,337.69 raised so far

  • Minneapolis Area Synod: $192,942.60 raised so far

  • Northeastern Iowa Synod: $186,707.89 raised so far

We invite you to support the efforts in your synod and in your congregation.  (If you’d like to know who your synod’s Malaria Coordinator is, contact my colleague Allison at allison.beebe@elca.org. She’ll be glad to steer you in the right direction.)

 

Our overall campaign goal is to raise $15 million by 2015, which means an average of about $230,000 per synod.  We hope that some of the larger synods can raise even more than $230,000!

 

Here’s another way to think about our $15 million goal:  it’s only about $4 per ELCA member.  If every single ELCA member donated their pocket change to the ELCA Malaria Campaign, we would meet our goal in no time!

 

So if you’re looking for a congregational goal, might I suggest $10 per baptized member? It’s a nice round number–think of it as providing one net or 5 doses of medication per member–and I think it’s an achievable goal as well.  (Of course, we also need congregations and individuals who are able to reach deeper into their hearts and pockets and give larger gifts.)

I am so excited about the potential that we have, through the ELCA Malaria Campaign, to change the world.  Working together with our partner Lutheran churches in Africa, we can make malaria history!

 

 

 

 

ELCA Malaria Campaign Update From 2011 CWA!

 

Did you miss Bishop Eaton speaking for the ELCA Malaria Campaign on Monday evening? If so keep reading to hear her comments along with the presentation of our synod check to Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson at the 2011 Churchwide Assembly in Orlando.

 

"Elizabeth Eaton, the Northeastern Ohio Synod. I speak in favor of the ELCA Malaria Campaign. We are a pilot synod, the co-chairs are three young adults under the age of 30, Pastor Megan Elliott of Abiding Savior, Alliance, and Young Adults in Global Mission, Matt Bishop and Rebeckah Selnick. Our co-chairs set a target for each congregation based on average worship attendance. Our congregations have been creative in achieving their goals using Vacation Bible Schools, Wednesdays in Lent, Malaria in May, and a whole narthex filled with wire mosquitoes at Emmanuel in New Philadelphia. You can access this on You Tube / clothes hanger mosquito.

We were saddened by the drop in support that forced the painful reduction in work force at the churchwide organization and the resulting decision to withdraw from the Lutheran Malaria Initiative. Our Synod has also experienced a decrease in mission support which resulted in cuts in time and compensation for the entire staff. But in tough times, it is important to turn outward and not in on ourselves. The ELCA Malaria Campaign reminds us we are part of something greater than ourselves, and we are neither helpless nor poor.

Therefore, the Northeastern Ohio Synod is committed to meeting its original goal of $250,000. The Northeastern Ohio Synod thanks Bishop Hanson and the ELCA Malaria Campaign for the opportunity to make a difference in the world and presents this mosquito and a check, which, combined with funds already sent to the Malaria Campaign, brings our total to $1 41,278.23."

 

Remember - we will continue to stay on course to achieve our synod goal  of $250,000. We need YOUR help to eliminate this deadly disease.