Twelve Grants Chosen for 2006-2008 Biennium
Twelve new grant recipients were chosen by the 241 delegates and board members voting at the 2006 SWD LWML convention June 17 at Manitowoc. Since then, one grant request has been withdrawn because the program is no longer in existance. 

Therefore, the Board of Directors has agreed that the $10,000 designated for Ministry to People with Disabilities at Fort Atkinson be redirected to fund the final approved grant. The International Friendship Center at Madison had requested $20,000 but as the last accepted grant was only scheduled to receive $3840. It now will receive $13,840. 

Here is the revised list of current grants.

2006 - 2008 Grant Recipients

1.	Orphan Grain Train, replace Emergency Rescue Vehicle. The Orphan Grain Train, Wisconsin Division, owns a pick-up truck with over 250,000 miles on it.  This truck is used to tow the emergency response vehicle for serving food and refreshments to victims and volunteers in time of disaster and for towing the 18-foot trailer used to pick up donations through the area.  The funds will go toward the purchase of a new vehicle.	$15,000	PAID IN FULL!
2.	Aid for SWD Students at Concordia Seminary, Ft. Wayne Financial Aid from the District is important to supporting our students and SWD has historically sent them less than other districts.  This grant will encourage our students as they prepare to preach.	$10,000	PAID IN FULL!
3.	SWD Church Work Student Grant The need for pastors, teachers and other professional church workers is critical to the church at large and the mission field.  This grant will continue to provide help with unmet financial needs for the 207 SDW church work students now enrolled at our synodical schools and seminaries.	$30,000	PAID IN FULL!
4.	A Place of Refuge Milwaukee A Place of Refuge shows the love of Christ to women and families experiencing crisis pregnancies.  The funds will be used to provide printed educational and promotional materials, outdoor signs for churches, a notebook computer, and a projector to further spread the Gospel to these most vulnerable members of our society.	$7,500	PAID IN FULL!
5.	Alaska Mission for Christ / Copper River Valley Mission Outreach These funds will be used to purchase supplies, worship materials, curriculum, and defray training, transportation and networking expenses for providing worship, Sunday School, mini VBS, teen events, and Bible study in this 180 by 150 mile area of Alaska, where only 19% of the people claim church membership.	$8,500	PAID IN FULL!
6.	Establishment of Deaf Mission Outreach Centers These funds will help train more deaf leaders in South Wisconsin and Northern Illinois to be effective witnesses to the saving message of Jesus Christ.	$12,000	PAID IN FULL!
7.	School Supplies for Lutheran Schools in Guinea, West Africa This grant will provide funds to assist the 60 Lutheran Schools in Guinea, West Africa, to purchase needed basic school supplies and equipment.	$6,000	PAID IN FULL!
8.	Milwaukee County House of Correction Scripture Fund This will provide funds to purchase Bibles and other Christian literature for the over 24,000 men and women incarcerated in the Milwaukee County HOC annually who increasingly ask the chaplain for such material.	$15,000	PAID IN FULL!
9.	Squatters Village Feeding Program – Guatemala These funds will be used to feed the abjectly poor in the squatters village next to the garbage dump in Guatemala City and to share the love of Jesus Christ with them.	$14,660	PAID IN FULL!
10.	CAME (Center for Asian Missions and Evangelism), Milwaukee Chinese and Asian Indian Outreach There are over 60,000 Chinese and Asian Indians living in the greater Milwaukee area, and 95% of them are unchurched.  CAME and its mission facilitators are experienced in starting and growing sites across North America.  These funds will help the initiation of Chinese and Asian Indian mission work in Milwaukee.  This group is an RSO of the LCMS.	$10,000	PAID IN FULL!
11.	International Friendship Center–Madison The International Friendship Center works with international students attending the University of Wisconsin, Madison who will return to their native lands to be influential leaders.  This grant will assist in providing a portion of the IFC director's salary, volunteer training costs, promotion, materials and hospitality.	$13,840	PAID IN FULL!
	Total, District Grants (75% of goal)	$142,500
	National Grants portion (25%)	$ 47,500
	Total Mite Goal for 2006 – 2008	$190,000

A downloadable poster containing this information for posting on your church bulletin board is now available on the Publications page. why not write a big "PAID" over each item as you learn that a grant has been completed. 

Watch this website for notices of payments and for stories about the needs of each recipient organization.