LCMS World Relief and Human Care Gets Most Votes & Dollars!

This comes from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans today! I continue to be absolutely amazed at the loyalty and support from LCMS World Relief and Human Care donors! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Pastor H.

Thrivent Financial member vote gives $1 million to charity

LCMS World Relief and Human Care receives most votes and dollars

MINNEAPOLIS (June 1, 2010) – Members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a not-for-profit financial services membership organization, recently voted on where to distribute $1 million among 10 national charities through a new program called Thrivent ChoiceSM. Funds were distributed to the organizations based on the percentage of they received. Organizations, and the total funds they received, were: LCMS World Relief and Human Care - $192,122 Lutheran Disaster Response - $147,242 ELCA World Hunger - $145,345 Habitat for Humanity International - $114,212 LCMS World Mission - $112,315 Feed My Starving Children - $ 99,465 American Heart Association - $ 67,854 WELS Committee on Relief - $ 57,281 WELS Humanitarian Aid Committee - $ 32,987 Lutheran Malaria Initiative - $ 31,176 A total of 150,199 members voted in the inaugural Thrivent Choice VotingSM Event. The voting took place April 19 – May 21, 2010. “We are grateful to every Thrivent Financial member who participated in this voting event,” said Brad Hewitt, Thrivent Financial president and CEO. “Thrivent Choice gives members a voice in how the dollars they help generate are shared with the causes they care about.” Thrivent Financial will launch a second aspect of Thrivent Choice later this summer called Choice DollarsSM. Here, eligible benefit members will be able to help direct funds to thousands of Lutheran nonprofit organizations, including Lutheran congregations. Eligibility for this program will be based on benefit members’ involvement in Thrivent Financial through their fraternal benefit society product ownership and/or Thrivent Financial volunteer leadership. In 2009, Thrivent Financial provided $113 million to help congregations, communities and nonprofit organizations. Thrivent Choice is one of many ways that Thrivent Financial gives back. About Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a not-for-profit, Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping approximately 2.6 million members achieve financial security and give back to their communities. Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a broad range of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more. As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent Financial creates and supports national outreach programs and activities that help congregations, schools, charitable organizations and individuals in need. For more information, visit Thrivent.com. Also, you can find us on Facebook andTwitter. Securities and investment advisory services are offered through Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 625 Fourth Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55415, 800-847-4836, a FINRA and SIPC member and a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Thrivent Financial representatives are registered representatives of Thrivent Investment Management Inc. They are also licensed insurance agents of Thrivent Financial. Bank products and trust services are offered through Thrivent Financial Bank®, (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Insurance, securities, investment advisory services, and trust and investment management accounts are not deposits, are not guaranteed by Thrivent Financial Bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other federal government agency, and may go down in value. For additional important disclosure information, please visitThrivent.com/disclosures.