CHARLOTTE — Does your parish help run a food pantry or sponsor an emergency services program?
Perhaps your parish or school provides meals for those who are homeless or sponsors a garden that provides fresh produce to those in need.
If so, consider applying for a Catholic Charities CRS Rice Bowl Mini-Grant of up to $1,000.
For every $3 of Rice Bowl funds sent to Catholic Relief Services for overseas projects, $1 remains in the Diocese of Charlotte for a grant program that supports projects fighting poverty and hunger in the diocese.
See details at www.ccdoc.org/cchd-crs. Applications are due June 6.
— Joseph T. Purello