Where do I turn in my Rice Bowl?
Put your Lenten contributions to good use as soon as possible! Check with your parish or school about how your community will be collecting donations. If you are participating individually, you may submit your gift online or call 1-866-608-5978 for information on how to turn in your contributions. You may also send a check to the address below:
Catholic Relief Services
Operation Rice Bowl
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
What is CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl?
CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program that began in 1975 in the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania as an ecumenical response to the drought in the African Sahel. For more than 35 years, CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl has offered Catholics in the United States a way to connect with our brothers and sisters in need around the world through the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Nearly 13,000 faith communities across the United States participate in the program each Lent to demonstrate solidarity with the poor around the world.
How can I get involved?
CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl develops resources to enrich the Lenten experience for parishes, schools, individuals and families. By praying with our families and faith communities; fasting in solidarity with those who hunger; learning more about the challenges of poverty overseas; and giving sacrificial contributions to support those in need, we can make a difference in our world.
How are my contributions put to use?
Seventy-five percent of CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl donations come to Catholic Relief Services to help fund development programs designed to increase food security around the world. These projects focus on initiatives that bring clean water, small enterprise development, agricultural expertise, educational opportunities, and HIV/AIDS and mother/child health programs to the poor in more than 40 countries. Twenty-five percent of CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl donations support hunger and poverty alleviation efforts in dioceses within the United States.
Contact Catholic Relief Services
By Email:
educationprograms@crs.org
By Phone:
1-866-608-5978
By Mail:
Catholic Relief Services
Operation Rice Bowl
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
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