EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

Sow Seeds of Resilience This Advent with Episcopal Relief & Development’s Gifts for Life Catalog

This holiday season, Episcopal Relief & Development invites supporters and congregations to sow seeds of resilience in communities around the world by giving a gift from Gifts for Life, the organization’s alternative gift catalog.

Gifts for Life enables individuals and groups to transform lives in communities worldwide through the purchase of a wide range of gift offerings to support those communities. The 2020 catalog features new offerings such as the ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE package, which supports the organization’s campaign to expand its work with communities and families to help children up to age six so they can thrive and achieve their full potential. The package includes:

  • care for five moms and their newborns,

  • nurture and nourishment for 12 children,

  • bicycles for three community volunteers,

  • mosquito nets and training for 10 families

  • four savings and loan group memberships.

“Gifts for Life can provide hope and resilience in a time of considerable uncertainty,” said Betsy Deisroth, Vice President of Advancement for Episcopal Relief & Development. “Our new ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE gift package will provide tangible support for families in marginalized communities around the world.”

Also new this year is a special COVID-19 relief kit. This gift will equip partners with the resources and knowledge to assist their communities in effectively preventing and reducing coronavirus transmission and to respond to cases as they arise.

Purchases of Gifts for Life through Episcopal Relief & Development give people worldwide the chance to transform their lives in lasting ways. With each gift sent, supporters will receive a complimentary printed card or e-card telling loved ones about the life-changing gift made in their honor. Orders can be made online at www.episcopalrelief.org/gifts, over the phone by calling 1.855.312.4325 or via mail through the instructions on the catalog or brochure.

For over 75 years, Episcopal Relief & Development has been working together with supporters and partners for lasting change around the world. Each year the organization facilitates healthier, more fulfilling lives for more than 3 million people struggling with hunger, poverty, disaster and disease. Inspired by Jesus’ words in Matthew 25, Episcopal Relief & Development leverages the expertise and resources of Anglican and other partners to deliver measurable and sustainable change in three signature program areas: Women, Children and Climate.