Domestic Hunger Grants Program

 

West Virginia

Welcome to the Domestic Hunger Grants Program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Here you can learn about the grants process, read descriptions of current grant recipients (and search for them by state or synod), and find out how you can support hunger ministries like these.

Read descriptions about 2009 grant recipients.

2009 Grant Totals
Domestic Hunger Grant Total
Featured Story
"In rural Boone County, West Virginia, Jennifer Massey and her neighbors began to experience unusual illnesses. They discovered significant contamination in the community’s primary water source—contamination that has been linked to nearby mining activity. As many of Jennifer’s neighbors began to suffer adverse health effects, she lost her 29-year-old brother to an illness believed to be caused by the contamination." [more]