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Title: ELCA Hunger Appeal Exceeds Goal ELCA NEWS SERVICE April 15, 1995 HUNGER APPEAL EXCEEDS GOAL "Praise the Lord! Congratulations! and Thanks!" is how the Rev. Roger O. Livdahl began his March memo to those in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who promote the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. Livdahl, the appeal's director, reacted to news that 1995 contributions to the appeal totaled $12 million -- $556,000 more than the previous year and $626,000 more than budget. Richard L. McAuliffe, ELCA treasurer, reported March 1 on receipts for the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 1996. "This means that we were able to meet all our agency commitments for 1995 and will have additional funds to share with Lutheran World Relief, Lutheran World Federation and our other international and domestic partners," said Livdahl. LWR, the overseas relief and development arm of the ELCA and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1995. LWF, the Geneva- based communion of 56 million Lutherans in 122 member church bodies in 68 countries, funds humanitarian projects around the world through its World Service department. Relief efforts of the church in the United States and Caribbean, supported through ELCA Disaster Response funds, received $1.4 million in fiscal 1995 -- about the same amount received the previous year. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312) 380-2958; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955; Lia Christiansen, Asst. Dir., (312) 380-2956