Press Releases

October 26, 2010 Starting October 26, Episcopal Relief & Development and Pura Vida Coffee are offering Christmas boxes for under $30.  The boxes feature fair trade, organic, shade-grown Bishops Blend coffees and teas. Three packages are available: the coffee lover’s package includes three 

October 21, 2010 The October installments of Episcopal Relief & Development’s two popular web series, Power of Partnerships and Friends of Episcopal Relief & Development, are now available online. Each month, these series highlight the work of those partnering with the agency to help people affected

October 20, 2010 Episcopal Relief & Development’s tagline, “Healing a hurting world,” was rated best in the International, Foreign Affairs and National Security Organization category of the Getting Attention! 2010 Tagline Awards. The tagline was lauded for quickly highlighting the way in which the 

October 19, 2010 For the next six weeks, from October 19 through November 30, any donation made to Episcopal Relief & Development will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $500,000. This means a total of up to $1 million for relief and development programs in the places that need them most. The Matching Gift Challenge

October 6, 2010 Each year, Episcopal Relief & Development’s Gifts for Life catalog helps individuals, families and parishes here in the US to connect with communities around the world by providing support for projects that empower people not just to survive, but to thrive. This year in particular, the

September 23, 2010 President Obama spoke late Wednesday afternoon during one of the final sessions of the three-day United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In his speech, the president introduced the new US Global Development Policy, which reaffirms the administration’s commitment to the MDGs