A HALF MILLION AND COUNTING Since we began making grants with our Foundation for Outreach, Saint Boniface has given away about $500,000 to further our mission of service to others in the church, community, and world. The appropriately conservative investments of the Foundation did not go down as far as some funds did in 2008, and because they are stable conservative investments, they don’t recover rapidly, either. The vestry prudently uses a three year rolling average of the growth (or loss) of the investments to determine the grants. This year the Grants committee will have only $3000 to award, and they will carefully consider how to give the greatest help to the most worthy causes. Vestry member Becky Westbrook is the chair of the committee, and would be happy to hear from you. Send her a letter addressed to the parish office, or an email to office@bonifacechurch.org, noting it is for the Grants Committee.