50 years of crs rice bowl - 

our way to support foreign aid and local hunger relief!

• Take a Rice Bowl!

  Return it on Palm sunday

  With the future of U.S. foreign aid uncertain, our support of CRS Rice Bowl is more important than ever! Please give as generously as you can.
  
  CRS Rice Bowl began in 1975 in the diocese of Allentown, PA, as an ecumenical response to the problem of world hunger, especially the drought in the Sahel region of Africa.
  
  CRS Rice Bowl was adopted as a national program in 1976, under the auspices of Catholic Relief Services...Nearly $5 million was raised that year. In 1977, it was voted by Bishops in the United States to be the official program of Catholic Relief Services.
  
  Lenten alms go to alleviate hunger and poverty in communities around the world and in the U.S. 75% supports CRS international humanitarian programs. The other 25% of gifts remain in each U.S. diocese where they are given to hunger and poverty alleviation in those communities. 
  
  Excerpted from https://www.crsricebowl.org/about
  
  
  

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• local support

  Your donation to CRS Rice Bowl helps provide lifesaving support to more than 200 million people in more than 120 countries. But did you know your support also helps your local diocese?
  
  Twenty-five percent of every donation stays in your community to fight hunger and poverty, while 75% supports Catholic Relief Services programming around the world. 
  
  In 2024, Penfield Hope received its first grant from CRS Rice Bowl!