Church gives $29,000

Hannah Gross
NLJ Correspondent 
 
Christ Episcopal Church received a third COVID-19 relief grant from the Foundation for the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming for $7,260, bringing the total amount of money donated from the church to organizations and businesses in the community to $29,000. 
“It’s been wonderful to be a blessing,” said Janet Hutchinson, junior warden of the church. 
The first grant the church received was for $10,000, and the second granted amounted to $11,740. However, when the church applied for the second grant, it requested $19,000. So, when all was said and done and the foundation had some leftover grant money, it decided to give the Newcastle church the remainder of its grant. The money was distributed again to Jennifer Smith’s Itty Bitty Day Care, Sheila Gregory’s Custom Care Day Care, FOCUS Inc., Meals on Wheels and Totes of Hope.
“We’re just happy we can be a part of God’s blessing on them,” Hutchinson said.