Lutheran World Relief  is a ministry of U.S. Lutherans, serving communities living in poverty overseas.

Affirming God’s love for all people, we work with Lutherans and partners around the world to end poverty, injustice and human suffering.

– Lutheran World Relief 2012

Have you ever wondered how Lutheran World Relief Quilts and Kits – Mission Quilts, School Kits, Personal Care Kits, Baby Care Kits, Fabric Kits, soap – get from our churches to needy parts of the world?

During the Ingathering, we collect these items with the help of volunteers and then start them on their way to Lutheran World Relief’s warehouse in New Windsor, Maryland.

For over thirty years, Friends of Lutheran World Relief (Metropolitan Chicago and Northern Illinois) has participated in the Ingathering.