February 27, 1975

Picture Caption: Rochester Gift

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Diocesan Press Service

[# 75086     The Rt. Rev....]
The Rt. Rev. John M. Allin (right), Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, accepts a check for $950,000 from the Rt. Rev. Jose Antonio Ramos (left), Bishop of Costa Rica, and the Rt. Rev. Robert R. Spears, Bishop of Rochester, "for famine relief. " The check represents the residual bequest from the Margaret Woodbury Strong Fund which the Diocese of Rochester decided to turn over to the national church "for relief of the disaster stricken of the world, through the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief." The Dioceses of Rochester and Costa Rica have a companion relationship.