$1 million in grants distributed by group supporting aging religious

Published: 2008-02-20

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Religious orders will share $1 million in grants approved Feb. 4 by the board of Support Our Aging Religious. Awards range from $5,500 to $25,000 and will go to 58 orders in 23 states. They were announced in a Feb. 15 news release. SOAR has distributed nearly 800 grants totaling $9 million to orders in 43 states and Puerto Rico since its founding in 1986. To date SOAR has received requests for three times as much money as it has been able to distribute. SOAR raises money through newsletters, videos, direct mailings, the sale of the CD "Sisters in Song" and gala dinners in Washington, New York and Southern California. Based in Washington, SOAR was formed to help ensure the financial stability of religious orders in the care of their elderly and infirm members. More information about SOAR is available on the organization's Web site, www.soar-usa.org.

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