Daily Donation
Pledge to give $1 a day (or more) to ELCA World Hunger for the 40 days of Lent.
Of course, you don’t have to donate every day. One donation per person, or per family, or per congregation during Lent is fine. We’re suggesting a minimum or $50 in support of ELCA World Hunger.
Remember, we’re counting individual participation, so the more people signed up per synod, the better. The total donation amount for ELCA World Hunger per synod is not the criterion we’ll use for determining the winner.
Don't want to donate online? Fine!
Give through your synod office. Make checks payable to “ELCA World Hunger” and add Appeal Code ‘R2LENT2026’ in the memo line.
Give through your congregation. Make checks payable to your congregation, write “ELCA World Hunger” and Appeal Code R2LENT2026 in the memo line, and place your gift in the offering plate.
Give by phone. Call 800-638-3522 Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm central time and mention Appeal Code R2LENT2026.
Send your check to ELCA World Hunger. Make checks payable to “ELCA World Hunger,” add Appeal Code R2LENT2026 in the memo line, and mail to: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, ELCA Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 1809, Merrifield, VA 22116-8009.
Why ELCA World Hunger?
The 40-40-40 Region 2 Lenten Challenge for 2026 supports ELCA World Hunger. Your gifts help our church respond to hunger and poverty through hundreds of projects in more than 60 countries around the world, including the United States. These gifts are brought together with the skills, capacity and resources of local communities to make transformative change.
Matthew 25 emphasizes that caring for the poor, sick and marginalized is an act of service to Christ. We are called by God to care for our neighbors, and ELCA World Hunger is one of the ways our church answers that call. From health clinics to microloans, water wells to farm animals, community meals to advocacy, your gifts to ELCA World Hunger support sustainable solutions that get at the root causes of hunger and poverty.
Together, we can build a just world where all are fed.