LWML President Wendorf Receives Mites in Home District. President Janice Wendorf received a special mite donation while attending an LWML Share Shop in the LWML South Wisconsin District on Saturday, March 26. “I'm so pleased to accept this special Mite Marathon collection from my home district. Your gift will help enable the Word of God to be shared through the mission grants we support. Thank you for reaching deep to help meet our goal, and for being the Face of the LWML.” 
South Wisconsin District President Jan Dankwardt explained: “Flat Jan is not due to arrive in our district until May, but we were honored with the presence of "Real Jan‟ at today's district LWML Share Shop. We were happy to take this collection as we race toward the finish.” The special Mite Marathon funds were collected at two recent district LWML workshops: in Reedsburg on March 19 and in Sheboygan on March 26. While the women of the South Wisconsin District LWML look forward to hosting Flat Jan later this spring, many women took advantage of having their photos taken with “Real Jan” at this event.
After the Share Shop, President Jan visited Gertrude Schmidtke-Koehlinger. Gertrude was featured in the Summer 2010 issue of the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly as one of the women who met in Chicago in 1942 to organize the LWML. Gertrude gave President Jan a box filled with pennies to add to the mite goal – pennies she collected, at age 97, to support LWML mission grants.
As of March 22, 2011, the balance needed for this biennium's mite goal was $196,667. All donations received electronically online at www.lwml.org, or with a postmarked date on or before March 31, 2011 will apply to the 2009-2011 mite goal. Checks or Money Orders may be sent to:
Lutheran Women‟s Missionary League, PO Box 411993, St. Louis, MO 63141-1993
The LWML family is encouraged to help finish the race strong with a big prayerful push to support the remaining mission grants that help to tell the Good News at home and around the world.