Silver Spring, Maryland-In honor of National Philanthropy Day on November 15, the Philanthropic Services for Institutions (PSI) has chosen to feature and raise funds for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International's food security matching grant programs.

Featuring its food security programs worldwide, and with a special emphasis on its work in Rwanda, which includes many survivors of the
1994 genocide, ADRA has launched a campaign for matching grant funds.
By leveraging its global partnerships for food-based assistance programs, donations are worth seven times their original value.

"We're grateful for the work that PSI is doing on ADRA's behalf," says Tereza Byrne, bureau chief for marketing and development for ADRA International. "Having recently visited our food security projects in Rwanda where we serve 70,000 people, I know how vital these programs are to families that struggle to make ends meet. Rwanda's recent history is still very much in the forefront of a society that is striving to make peace and reconciliation an integral element of a developing future.
ADRA's food security programs are helping them to rebuild their lives."

PSI will also host a special day on November 15, at the world headquarters for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland to help raise funds for ADRA's food security matching grant program, as well as other organized events in honor of National Philanthropy Day.

To make a donation to ADRA's food security matching grant by its deadline date of December 25th, 2005, please contact ADRA at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) or donate online at www.adra.org.

ADRA is present in 125 countries, providing community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, or ethnicity.

Additional information about ADRA can be found at www.adra.org.