From Idaho-
The Bible says to feed the hungry, so that's what Coeur d'Alene's St. Luke's Episcopal Church did.
St. Luke's, along with seven other Episcopal churches, raised more than $90,000 through the new "Organizing for Mission" program in March and April, the season of Lent.
"The parish teams went above and beyond, raising 125 percent of their original dollar goal," said Tracey Waring, Organizing for Mission's spokeswoman. "They discovered that they had skills that they had never been able to use before."
Father Pat Bell of St. Luke's Episcopal Church was excited about the amount of money they raised.
"We are extremely thrilled, we raised far beyond than we could imagine," Bell said. "This was just a very gratifying experience."
Fifty percent of the proceeds will be sent to El Hogar in Tagucigalpa, Honduras, which feeds and shelters young homeless boys in Honduras. The remainder will go to a local hunger relief initiative of each parish's choice in North Idaho and eastern Washington.
More here-
http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_d27d032d-02a1-57bd-b5e8-912ad145ca16.html
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