A Win-Win Challenge benefitting Episcopal Relief & Development

With The Ohio State University Buckeyes and the University of Oregon Ducks meeting in the first NCAA National Championship football game, the bishops of Ohio and Oregon are challenging their dioceses to see who can raise the most donations for Episcopal Relief & Development.

Donations of any amount are welcome. The diocese that collects the largest number of individual donations by game time on Monday, January 12, will be declared the winner.

Since ducks love water, if the ducks of Oregon win, all the donations will go for clean water initiatives. But if the crazy poisonous tree nuts of Ohio win, the donations will go to tree planting initiatives. In the end, the real winners will be our brothers and sisters who benefit from Episcopal Relief & Development’s excellent Gifts for Life campaign. It’s a win-win!

While we may not be in Oregon or Ohio, several of our parishioners are from Oregon and even though one of Wardens has grandchildren in Ohio, his favorite team is whomever is playing The Ohio State University.  Last year, the bishops of Olympia and Colorado issued a similar challenge to their dioceses prior to the Super Bowl and raised over $31,000 for ERD. Olympia won the challenge with 245 donations to Colorado’s 125. Let’s make sure the crown returns to the west coast again.

When donating by check, please make the check out to the Diocese of Oregon and put “Ducks and Bucks ERD Challenge” in the memo line, so the money will be allocated properly. It is also possible to donate online by going to this link.