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The Virginian Pilot – Virginia Beach Girl Scout creates cookbook for food bank – The idea for Ivy Edwards’ cookbook struck as she was bagging giant beets and neckbone cuts of beef and pork.
Episcopal News Service – Episcopal churches offer menstrual products, dignity to women, girls. Period – “Period poverty” is not a term routinely used in church to describe economic inequality
Alive – Founder of Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing receives presidential awards – Dr. Catherine Meeks was awarded The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Volunteer Service Award medal. Along with her personal recognition, the center
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Virginia Beach Girl Scout creates cookbook for food bank
The Virginian Pilot – Virginia Beach, VA
The idea for Ivy Edwards’ cookbook struck as she was bagging giant beets and neckbone cuts of beef and pork.
Volunteering at Chapel Pantry at Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church, a large food bank that receives unsold fresh meats, dairy and produce from local grocers, Ivy began wondering if clients would know how to prepare some of the more unusual items.
“I wouldn’t have had a clue how to cook them,” she says. “I felt like a lot might go to waste, especially if people didn’t have time or the resources to look things up.”
Episcopal churches offer menstrual products, dignity to women, girls. Period
Episcopal News Service – Jackson Hole, WY
“Period poverty” is not a term routinely used in church to describe economic inequality, but now a growing number of Episcopal congregations are using it in their efforts to help low-income women and girls access menstrual hygiene products.
Twenty-three percent of students ages 13-19 struggled to afford menstrual products and 51% had worn such products longer than is recommended, according to “State of the Period 2021.” A separate survey of low-income women by the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that nearly two-thirds were unable to buy the tampons or pads they needed at some point in the previous year.
Founder of Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing receives presidential awards
Alive – Atlanta, GA
A founding executive director for the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racing Healing was awarded two presidential awards, along with the center being recognized.
Dr. Catherine Meeks was awarded The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Volunteer Service Award medal. Along with her personal recognition, the center was named a 2022 Presidential Award Lifetime Achievement Honoree.
Freedom Kits help girls in developing countries stay in school
Yakima Herald Republic – Yakima, WA
Refugees and many who stayed behind would need safe shelter, food, clothing and medical items. For women struggling with unpredictable supply chains or life in refugee camps, that could include tampons and pads.
The 57-year tradition of Calvary Church in Stonington holding Lenten Luncheons
The Day – Stonington Borough, CT
Carole Barnard of Stonington, who heads up ECW, has been involved with the Lenten Luncheons for almost two decades and says that raising money for worthy organizations “is such a wonderful thing, such a satisfying thing.”
Blessing boxes at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer helping people in a time of need
NBC 15 News – Mobile, AL
It was about four years ago when the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer put blessing boxes in front of its property at 7125 Hitt Road in Mobile. There’s a total of three there including an emergency pantry, a toiletries box, and another one for books.
Leading with Heart workshop
The Episcopal Church Women of Province VIII are offering a workshop at United Nations CSW Forum on March 20th, 2022 9am Pacific time. The focus of the forum is the environment, so that is the theme as we model circular leadership. All are welcome and invited. The main circle will be recorded and offered at our website ecwprovinceviii.org – there is no cost to sign up for this.
Green Tent Circle Workshop: Caring for one another and Mother Earth
Storytelling, photography, art, ceremony, ritual, circle conversations, creativity, and celebrations transform apathy into climate actions. Interactive workshop starting with a panel of women from Earth Child Institute and Green Tent Circle. LIVESTREAM: www.facebook.com/GreenTentCircleEvent