ELCA NEWS SERVICE September 1, 2011 ELCA Disaster Response sends $71,000 in grants for hurricane response 11-116-JR CHICAGO (ELCA) - Thanks to the generous response of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, ELCA Disaster Response distributed emergency grants totaling $71,000 in the wake of Hurricane Irene. The hurricane impacted a number of U.S. states as it steamrolled from Puerto Rico to the border of Canada. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=5158 For information contact: Janice Rizzo 773-380-2949 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Lutherans Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews