More than $66,000 in social ministries grants from the Opportunity Fund was awarded at the September Bishop and Council meeting. Ministries throughout the diocese receiving grants were:

• Alzheimer’s Lakeway Program, Inc., Morristown, $11,200 to support and help expand this program which provides adult day care for persons with mild to moderate cognitive impairment and counseling and support for their families.
• Chattanooga Endeavors, Inc., Chattanooga, $10,000 to help ex-offenders deal with their anti-social behavior, provide help in developing organizational skills and work place habits and provide access to meaningful jobs.
• Hosanna, Chattanooga, $15,000 to provide funds for start up operation of a second Hosanna House, which provides a safe and secure home for physically challenged adults.
• Interfaith Health Clinic, Knoxville, $10,000, to provide affordable and quality health care to low income, working uninsured persons.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee, Elizabethton, $10,000 for part of the cost of a refrigerated truck necessary to start a program of collecting unused food donated by restaurants, caterers and hospitals and transporting them to feeding programs for the hungry.
• Sojourners Institute, Knoxville, $5,500 for operating costs of the Labyrinth Project — a portable labyrinth taken to churches and other sites giving people the opportunity to participate in this moving meditation.
• St. Catherine’s Shelter, Chattanooga, $5,000 to provide safe and clean over night shelter and meals for homeless women and children.

The next deadline for Opportunity Fund grant and loan applications is Feb. 1. Applications may be requested from Mary Berl, Financial Administrator, Diocese of East Tennessee, 401 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37920.