Donations
We invite you to support the ministry and mission of the diocesan ECW via a donation. If you choose to donate to one or more of the offerings listed here, we've made it easy to donate via PayPal - just click the button and you will be taken to PayPal to complete the transaction. If you'd rather send a check, please see the instructions at the bottom of this page.
PARISH Pledge
Supports the general administrative operations of the Diocesan ECW and helps connect the diocese to women’s ministries and the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Christmas mission Fund
This fund supports mission work which benefits children either inside or outside of the diocese.
EpiphanY FUND
This offering goes to mission work presented at the ECW Annual Meeting for diocesan-wide acceptance.
Harris-Evans Conference Fund
Gifts are used to fund the conference held every 3 years to support activities involving outreach and/or social justice as relating particularly to women and children.
Church Periodical Club (CPC )
The CPC provides free literature and related materials, both religious and secular, to people all over the world who need and request them and who have no other source for obtaining them.
Lex Mathews Scholarship Fund
To support a scholarship program for women age 23 and older who desire to upgrade job knowledge, advance career opportunities, or learn new skills.
Lisa H. Towle Endowment Fund
To empower the Episcopal Church Women (ECW), Diocese of North Carolina through the development of leadership skills programs.
To support organizations that combat human trafficking in the state of North Carolina and beyond including the Companion Dioceses of North Carolina.
To support global missions that address issues of women and children, a historical focus of Episcopal Church Women.
United Thank Offering
The United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of The Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through UTO, individuals are invited to embrace and deepen a personal daily spiritual discipline of gratitude. UTO encourages people to notice the good things that happen each day, give thanks to God for those blessings and make an offering for each blessing using a UTO Blue Box.
Episcopal Relief and Development Fund
To support ERD, which works in collaboration with church partners and other local organizations to facilitate healthier, more fulfilling lives in communities that are struggling with hunger, poverty, disaster and disease. ERD also works around the world and here in the US responding to and rebuilding after disasters.
Donations may also be submitted by mail. Make the offering check payable to ECW - Diocese of NC. The memo line of every check should specify the fund or ministry for which the money is intended. Please do NOT send money directly to Diocesan House in Raleigh or the national church office in New York. Mail to:
ECW Financial Secretary
c/o Mary E. Hawkins
1805 Primrose Place
Durham NC 27707
Phone: (919) 682-4647; treasurer@ecw-nc.org