CHARLOTTE — Applications are now open for parishes and schools to consider applying for a Catholic Charities CRS Rice Bowl Mini-Grant for up to $1,000 in grant funds.
Does your parish help run a food pantry or have an emergency assistance program? Perhaps your parish or school has a ministry that provides assistance to families in need at Christmas time, offers meals for those who are homeless, or sponsors a school backpack program that helps provide nutrition to children in need.
For every $3 of CRS Rice Bowl funds sent to CRS for overseas projects, $1 remains in the Diocese of Charlotte to help fund a local grant program that supports poverty- and hunger-fighting projects of diocesan Catholic entities.
Projects must target hunger and poverty in communities in the diocese. Only one grant can be submitted per Catholic entity, and grant applications must be reviewed and signed by the pastor of the parish, principal of the school, or director of the diocesan office applying for the grant. Completed and signed applications are due, in scanned PDF, by Monday, Nov. 6. Applications, with guidelines and eligibility criteria included, are online at www.ccdoc.org/cchd-crs.
— Joe Purello