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Diocese of Davenport - Operation Rice Bowl DESCRIPTION CONTACT NAME Kent Ferris EMAIL ferris@davenportdiocese.org Catholic Relief Services' Operation Rice Bowl is an annual collection sponsored by Catholic Relief Services in parishes across the United States. The collection occurs during the Lenten season each year. Seventy-five percent of the collection goes to Catholic Relief Services to support programs that address hunger and poverty in over 100 developing countries around the world. Twenty-five percent of the collection remains in the local Diocese and is distributed through a grant process to organizations that fight hunger and poverty within the Diocese. PHONE 563-888-4211 OFFICE ADDRESS HOW TO HELP 780 West Central Park Ave. Davenport, IA 52804 Catholics should contact their parishes to get a Rice Bowl and participate. TYPE OF WORK Faith Based COUNTIES Appanoose Cedar Clinton Davis Des Moines Henry Iowa Jasper Jefferson Johnson Keokuk Lee Louisa Mahaska Marion Monroe Muscatine Poweshiek Scott Van Buren Wapello Washington Page | 204