In the news
Here we will add links to news and press coverage of the Rice Dinner Project.
- September 2011: Lutheran World Relief calendar callout
Lutheran World Relief has contacted Rita to ask permission to highlight the Rice Dinner Project on an upcoming calendar. Yes! Of course! The calendar will be distributed to congregations and will list simple but effective ways to fight hunger. Rice Dinner Project will be the lenten suggestion. Thank you, Charles at Lutheran World Relief, for arranging this. - August 15, 2011: StarTribume Letter of the Day
Rita's letter, encouraging people to do something to help with the terrible famine now in east Africa, was the Star Tribune's letter of the day.
- November 21, 2011: StarTribune newspaper feature
Great article in the Minneapolis/St. Paul newspaper: "Cash from rice meal can make change / Minneapolis woman is out to end hunger, one meal at a time." - June 2008: The Lutheran
Click to read article on Lutheran website. - April 2008: Church and Life (pp. 9-10)
Click to read article on Church and Life website. - March/April 2008: Seeds for the Parish (p. 5)
Click to read article in Seeds for the Parish PDF.