Alabama
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
Spanish for Communication Pre-School
Athens
$8,500.00

To hire a bi-lingual staff member and to provide Spanish language instruction for other staff to increase communications and build better working relationships between the staff and the Hispanic families whose children attend this pre-school.

Alaska
St. James Episcopal Mission
Let the Bell Ring
Tanana
$10,000.00

To restore the belfry of St. James' Episcopal Mission, and to sand and apply preservative to the rest of this historic log church.

Albany
Grace and Holy Innocents Church
Purchase of Boiler/Heating System
Albany
$45,000.00

To replace an inadequate and inefficient heating system in this inner-city parish which continues to offer a soup kitchen and an after school program.

Arizona
The Naco Wellness Initiative
Naco Screening Clinic Privacy
Accessibility Project
Naco
$7,900.00

To provide privacy for screening rooms and to install a safe entrance, accessible to persons with disabilities, for a wellness clinic serving a border area.

Arkansas
Seven Hills Homeless Center
Services Supportive Initiative
Fayetteville
$7,300.00

To fund start-up salary for a part-time social worker at this homeless center which provides shelter, food, life skills training, and support to promote independent living.

Atlanta
Absalom Jones Student Center & Chapel
Roof Replacement
Atlanta
$8,900.00

To replace the chapel roof and atrium roof of the Absalom Jones Student Center Chapel for this campus ministry program.

Atlanta
Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center
Expanding Patient Services
Jasper, Georgia
$7,000.00

To purchase medical equipment to expand the services of this health center serving a poor, rural community at the foot of the Appalachians.

California
St. Luke's Hospital Health Care Center
Health Clinic at Canon Barcus House
San Francisco
$10,000.00

To expand the staff hours of a health clinic at a house for homeless families so that it can to serve non-residents; more disadvantaged families will be served.

Central Gulf Coast
Wilmer Hall Children's Home
Vehicle Purchase
Mobile, AL
$20,000.00

To purchase an additional vehicle to serve an increased number of children in this residential program for children who are unable to live with their natural families because of neglect and abuse.

Central New York
The Church of St. Mark the Evangelist
Youth Work Program
Syracuse
$7,856.00

To add staff to expand a program serving inner city youth who exhibit problems in school behavior, attendance and grades in a neighboring school.

Chicago
Christ Episcopal Church
Ramp Construction
Ottawa, IL
$14,000.00

To install a wheelchair ramp so this church can be accessible to persons with disabilities.

Colorado
St. Benedict Health and Healing Ministry
Expanded health service
Boulder
$8,500.00

To increase the staff time of the Executive Director and to expand the services delivered by this mobile health clinic providing no cost health screening services to those without resources.

Connecticut
South East Connecticut Community Center of the Blind, Inc.
Expansion of Computer Lab Services
New London
$10,823.95

To support the expansion of a computer lab to provide services to legally blind persons; this will involve new computer and software expense as well as instructor time, and the skills acquired will aid job acquisition, education, and independent living for the blind.

Connecticut
St. James Episcopal Church
Development of St. James Academy
New Haven 
$15,000.00

To launch a church-based, accredited early elementary school as an outgrowth of an effective Saturday literacy program, serving low income inner-city children.

Delaware
Cathedral Community Services, Inc.
Debnam House Nutrition Program
Wilmington
$7,200.00

To expand a nutrition program serving very low income families.

East Carolina
Interfaith Refugee Ministry
Literacy for Success
New Bern, NC
$19,700.00

To develop a program that will teach financial and legal literacy to refugees, asylees, and Hurricane Katrina victims; once developed the program will be available to all of the Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) affiliate network.

East Carolina
The Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry
Bedding for Farmworkers
Newton Grove, NC
$2,383.91

To purchase mattresses to be used by migrant farmworkers working on farms in eastern to central North Carolina farms and served by the Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry.

East Tennessee
Hospitality Pantries, Inc.
Hospitality Pantries Neighborhood Organizing Project
Knoxville
$12,000.00

To provide professional community organizing assistance and training for food pantry leaders and volunteers to ensure that the project fully involves the people it benefits; there will be an emphasis on inviting the participation of marginalized and disenfranchised women.

Eastern Oregon
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Window Door Project
Burns
$5,806.00

To replace windows and doors in the parish hall to reduce heating costs; this is a joint Episcopal and Lutheran congregation in an area of high unemployment..

Eau Claire
Christ Episcopal Church
New Heating System
Chippewa Falls, WI
$22,725.00

To replace an antiquated fuel oil furnace system with a high efficiency natural gas fired unit.

El Camino Real
St. Stephen's in the Fields
5:00 P.M. Sunday Service
San Jose, CA
$6,000.00

To develop and provide a liturgical, sacramental worship service that is contemporary in language, in style, and in music venue to provide an alternative to the worship services being offered at non-denominational churches.

Florida
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Outreach Mission Bus
Jacksonville
$20,000.00

To purchase a 25-passenger bus for an inner-city mission to the needy.

Fond du Lac
St. John's Episcopal Church
Handicapped Accessible Improvements
Shawano, WI
$1,700.00

To make the church and parish hall accessible to persons with disabilities by widening the doors and constructing a ramp, as well as refitting a restroom.

Georgia
Amethyst Project, Inc.
AIDS Service & Prevention Van
Statesboro
$20,000.00

To purchase a mini-van for an agency serving HIV/AIDS patients; it will be used to transport clients to medical services and also to offer mobile prevention and testing services.

Georgia
America's Second Harvest of South Georgia, Inc.
Freezer & Cooler
Valdosta
$10,000.00

To help build a new freezer and cooler unit for this food distribution program.

Hawaii
Family Promise of Hawaii
Day Center for Homeless Families
Kailua
$20,000.00

To furnish and paint a day center which will serve five homeless families every day, and to purchase office equipment; the plan is to expand, opening more family centers throughout the state.

Iowa
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Mark's Fellowship Hall
Maquoketa
$25,000.00

To build a ground level multi-purpose building to serve as a gathering place for the parish and community; this will replace the current building which is a very old two-story house.

Kansas
Episcopal Community Services
Victim Offender Reconciliation Program
Kansas City, MO
$5,000.00

To train volunteers as certified mediators in a victim offender reconciliation program, in a program for juvenile offenders that significantly reduces recidivism.

Kansas
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Representative Payee Program
Newton
$6,500.00

To expand the services of a Representative Payee Program serving clients with mental, physical, or developmental disabilities.

Kentucky
St. James Episcopal Church
Familias Aprendiendo Juntas
Shelbyville
$12,500.00

To renovate space and increase staff to better serve an ESL program serving Hispanic families; the result is increased school attendance, better grades and increased literacy for both parents and children in these families.

Lexington
St. John's Episcopal Church
Ecumenical Amphitheater
Corbin, KY
$10,500.00

To build an amphitheater for community use on the grounds of the church, which would elevate the presence of this church and its mission to proclaim the Gospel.

Long Island
Christ Church Episcopal
Kitchen Renovation & Storage
Port Jefferson, NY
$18,858.00

To renovate the kitchen of a church involved in a weekly program to provide meals to the needy.

Los Angeles
Hands in Healing Juiblee Center
Hands in Healing
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000.00

To provide equipment and staffing to launch a healing center which will serve families, senior citizens, and persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Los Angeles
Diocese of Los Angeles-Refugee Resettlement Program
Refugee Resettlement Program Expansion
Los Angeles, CA
$21,845.00

To increase staff time for a refugee and resettlement program and to acquire materials and equipment for orientation and education of refugees.

Louisiana
Office of Disaster Response
Diocese Building Expansion
New Orleans
$85,000.00

To help renovate a building which will serve as the Office of Disaster Response for the Diocese of Louisiana, housing office staff, displaced survivors, and volunteer groups.

Louisiana
Trinity Episcopal Church
Recover, Resettle, Renew
New Orleans
$35,000.00

To fund a coordinator of disaster relief for one year as this church implements a new mobile Loaves and Fishes ministry, as part of the clean-up and resettlement efforts in New Orleans.

Maine
St. Francis by the Sea
Church Access Lighting
Blue Hill
$7,300.00

To install additional lights in the parking lot and walkways for this church which is well outside the village; it needs more exterior lighting for the increased number of people who attend meetings there in the evening.

Maryland
Church of the Holy Trinity
The Jabez Health Clinic
Baltimore
$35,000.00

To purchase medical equipment and renovate space to expand and upgrade a medical clinic offering services to a low income neighborhood.

Massachusetts
Esperanza Academy, Inc.
Esperanza Academy
Lawrence
$10,000.00

To help fund renovation costs at a tuition-free Episcopal middle school serving girls in a economically depressed area.

Massachusetts
Church of Our Saviour
Expanding the Ministry
Somerset
$5,581.00

To renovate for accessibility and to add equipment to a former rectory now used as a food pantry.

Michigan
The Episcopal Chaplaincy at Michigan State University
No Wheels? No Problem!
Diocesan wide
$35,000.00

To purchase a 14-passenger handicap accessible mini-bus to provide safe transportation for students on campus to get to Canterbury's services, local activities, provincial events, and spring mission trips.

Milwaukee
Camp Webb
Camp Webb Health Lodge Renovation
Wautoma, WI
$19,144.00

To renovate and expand the Health Lodge at Camp Webb in order to add housing and shower facilities for staff.

Minnesota
Cass Lake Episcopal Camp
Winterizing Cass Lake Episcopal Camp
Cass Lake
$15,000.00

To winterize the conference building and cabins, adding indoor bathrooms, so that the camp can be used year round.

Missouri
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Community House Front Porch
St. Louis
$7,000.00

To rebuild an entrance which is no longer safe, and in the process to make the Community House accessible to persons with disabilities.

Montana
Christ Episcopal Church
Christ Church Roof Repair
Sheridan
$18,331.00

To replace the existing roof of this church, thus preventing any future damage.

Navajoland Area Mission
Good Shepherd Mission
Old Power House Community Cooperative
Ft. Defiance, AZ
$17,000.00

To restore this building to be used for a Navajo arts and crafts cooperative, thus increasing self-sufficiency.

Nebraska
St. John the Baptist
Kitchen Renovation
Valentine
$19,000.00

To refurbish a small church kitchen, thus enhancing the church's service to the community through meals and a food bank.

Nevada
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Stephen's Reno Chapel
Reno
$20,000.23

To replace damaged asbestos flooring in the sanctuary.

New Hampshire
St. Matthew's Church
Goffstown Youth Volunteer Program
Goffstown
$6,750.00

To establish a youth volunteer program which would link young people with community needs.

New Jersey
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church
Camp Faith: A Five-Week Summer Urban Youth Project
Camden
$10,500.00

To support a summer urban youth camp serving disadvantaged youth, during which the youth will be providing community services as well as experiencing field trips.

New Jersey
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church
Construction of a Kitchen
Atlantic City
$20,000.00

To rebuild a kitchen which will be used in ecumenical activities and as a soup kitchen.

New York
Church of the Mediator
Mediator Outreach Renewal
The Bronx
$49,000.00

To build a safe men's bathroom, and to renovate an unsafe kitchen, in a church which demonstrates community outreach and commitment in an urban area serving various ethnic groups.

New York
The Jornaleros Project
Computer Lab
Spring Valley
$2,600.00

To staff a program teaching computer skills to laborers, whose employability will be enhanced.

Newark
Haven of Hope for Kids
Family Retreat Home Upgrades
Hope, NJ
$27,610.00

To purchase a van, construct a wheelchair ramp, and purchase laundry equipment, all to better serve families with seriously ill children who come to this retreat house.

North Carolina
All Saints Episcopal Church
Renovation of Parish Hall Building Flooring
Hamlet
$8,200.00

To replace a worn asbestos floor in a parish hall so that it can be used for meeting space for community groups.

North Dakota
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Replace Worship Center
Fort Totten
$35,000.00

To construct a new, more accessible worship center, incorporating Native American culture, with a plan for using the older space for youth and community activities.

Northern Indiana
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Accessibility
Michigan City
$12,000.00

To construct ramps and an elevator in order to make the facility accessible to persons with disabilities.

Northern Michigan
Trinity Episcopal Church
Healthy Babies
Houghton
$19,144.00

To implement a program including classes for pregnant teens, newborn home health visits, and playgoups for parents and children.

Northern Michigan
Camp New Day U.P.
Bus transportation for campers
Upper Peninsula
$6,108.00

To expand services of an ecumenical camp for children who have a family member in prison, by providing bus transportation and adding insurance.

Northwest Texas
Lubock Interfaith Hospitality Network
Family Hope
Lubbock
$10,000.00

To expand services to homeless families by adding case management and transportation services.

Northwestern Pennsylvania
Trinity Episcopal Church
Welcome to Everyone
New Castle
$34,000.00

To install a chair lift, and a platform lift, as part of a project to make the church facilities accessible to persons with disabilities.

Ohio
St. Paul's Church
A Place at the Table
Cleveland
$18,180.00

To fund salaries for an expansion of the Sunday lunch for the homeless, which has been running since 1983 and which expects to serve up to 225 people per week in 2006.

Oklahoma
Matthew 25 Mission of Ada, Inc.
Expansion of Food Program
Ada
$10,000.00

To pay the salary of a full time director and to acquire a larger space for an expanded food program.

Olympia
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
Handicap Accessible Bathrooms
Bellevue, WA
$30,000.00

To remodel and make accessible the restrooms in a church which serves three congregations.

Pennsylvania
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Renovation of Basement
Yeardon
$48,000.00

To renovate a church basement which has been damaged by flooding.

Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
Accessible Restroom
Huntingdon Valley
$18,000.00

To construct a unisex bathroom accessible to persons with disabilities; the parish has a school for autistic children, and this new restroom will allow them to accept autistic children with profound physical disabilities.

Pittsburgh
Coal Country Hangout Youth Center
Playspace for DayCare's Disadvantaged Children
Northern Cambria, PA
$7,000.00

To develop an outdoor playground for a daycare center serving an economically disadvantaged region; the playground is necessary for licensing.

Rhode Island
The Blessing Way
Family Focused Re-entry Program
Providence
$4,712.00

To add professional staff to a program serving families and friends of those reentering society from prison and/or drug rehab centers, providing guidance and spiritual support.

Rochester
The Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene
Right On School Peace Initiative
Rochester, NY
$7,500.00

To implement peace and reconciliation training with children attending an established summer school program, serving an area with high levels of poverty and violence.

South Dakota
Ascension Episcopal Chapel
New Guild Hall
Blackfoot
$35,000.00

To build a guild hall so that this congregation can have meeting space appropriate for many church and community activities, with an indoor bathroom and running water.

Southern Virginia
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Ingress/Egress Renovation
Suffolk
$10,000.00

To make renovations to the nave, parish hall, and sanctuary to allow access to persons with disabilities.

Southwestern Virginia
L'Arche Blue Ridge Mountains, Inc.
Funding for Pastoral Minister
Lynchburg
$8,400.00

To fund a half time pastoral minister position for a faith based community serving people with mental retardation and other disabilities.

Spokane
Camp Cross
Access & Visibility Project
Coeur d'Alene, ID
$66,978.54

To build a safe docking and mooring system for this active and vital diocesan camp, which is accessible only by boat.

Texas
Ubi Caritas
Parking Lot for Clinic Patients
Beaumont
$20,000.00

To construct an ADA compliant parking lot for a medical outreach ministry; this will replace one damaged by Huricane Rita.

Upper South Carolina
St. Francis Episcopal Church
Community and Congregational Development
Greenville
$10,000.00

To fund salary for a coordinator who will develop Hispanic ministries in the diocese.

Vermont
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Expanding Ministry and Mission Through Accessibility
Burlington
$12,750.00

To make the Cathedral more accessible to persons with disabilities with automatic door openers, an improved sound system, and a bathroom renovation.

Virginia
The Daughers of Zelophehad, Inc
Transitional Housing
Richmond
$7,600.00

To help with the renovation of a property to be used for transitional housing to female ex-offenders; the Daughters of Zelophehad serves homeless women and their children.

Washington
St. George's Episcopal Church
Kwanzaa Kitchen Breakfast Program
Washington, DC
$10,210.00

To replace a dangerous stove and add a required fire suppression system so the church can continue their breakfast outreach program.

West Missouri
Episcopal Community Services
Kansas City Community Kitchen
Kansas City
$20,000.00

To fund a Chef Trainer position for this program which offers meals to the needy at the same time it offers job training to the homeless and unemployed.

West Tennessee
Emmanuel Episcopal Center
Expansion of Youth Services
Memphis
$20,000.00

To pay salary for increased staff as the facility gears up to serve an additional 100 youth participants in a poor and crime-plagued area of Memphis.

Western Kansas
St. Francis Episcopal Church
Facilitating Emotional & Cognitive Needs
Salina
$9,000.00

To pay for a therapist to implement a drama and creative arts program in a residential treatment program for adolescent and teenage boys with severe behavioral problems.

Western Louisiana
The Open Door, FBCO, Inc.
Office Equipment and Secure Room
Lake Charles
$20,907.16

To provide office equipment for a ministry to women who are on probation or parole; they are using a diocesan owned building which was damaged in the hurricane but is being repaired.

Western New York
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
The Threads of Hope Linen Pantry
Eggertsville
$10,000.00

To renovate an unused mission house on church property which will be used to relocate and expand a unique ministry of distributing household linens and other goods to the poor.

Wyoming
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Accessible Family Restroom
Laramie
$10,000.00

To build a restroom which would be family friendly and accessible to persons with disabilities on the main floor of the cathedral.