Et cetera : Central Lutheran shares part of its $100,000 gift with a dozen missions

“The US Cellular coverage area has gone global, and they didn’t have to construct a tower, launch a satellite or open up stores across seas. Talk about a ripple effect…” said Central Lutheran School Principal Jan Doellinger. The principal was announcing the fact that the school’s students had chosen to share 10 percent of their U.S. Cellular prize of $100,000 with a dozen U.S. and overseas mission organizations. “Thanks to all of your hard work, a lot of charities are going to get some very good news in a few days. As you know, the school tithed (gave 10 percent of) the $100,000 contest winnings,” Doellinger wrote in the monthly newsletter. Each classroom was given $1,000, for a total of $10,000. The students then decided where to send the money. The votes have been cast and the students’ decisions are: Preschool: $500 to Lutheran Bible Translators (Martin & Joan Weber) $500 to Jennifer Anderson who is a missionary in Kazakhstan. (LCMS World Missions) Kindergarten: $400 KAH; $600 Benton Food Pantry First Grade: $500 to Paul & Ali Federwitz, missionaries serving in Ghana. (Lutheran Bible Translators) $500 to Jennifer Anderson who is a missionary in Kazakhstan. (LCMS World Missions) Second Grade: $1,000 to Jennifer Anderson who is a missionary in Kazakhstan. (LCMS World Missions) Third Grade: $500 to Camp Courageous. $500 to Earthquake relief efforts in Chile. Fourth Grade: $250 to GoodShepherdLutheranSchool in Pekin, Illinois, to help build a new school. $250 to Jenni Williamson music ministry. $500 to Jennifer Anderson who is a missionary in Kazakhstan. (LCMS World Missions) Fifth Grade: $100 to KAH; $900 to Paul and Ali Federwitz (Lutheran Bible Translators) Sixth Grade: $500 to Kids Against Hunger; $500 to LCMS World Missions — no designation. Seventh Grade: $1,000 to Jennifer Anderson who is a missionary in Kazakhstan. (LCMS World Missions) Eighth Grade: $500 to Juvenile Diabetes Association, and $500 to Kirovskoe Orphanage Project in Kyrgyzstan. Work and fund-raising for the $750,000 gymnasium/kitchen project is continuing. Central LutheranSchool opened in 1966 and serves 158 students from preschool through eighth grade.