At each Sunday service, during what UUCS calls “A Time for Generosity”, a basket is passed around to collect money. This voluntarily given money is then shared with organizations from the local community who have goals that align with Unitarian Universalist principles. In consultation with the minister and the Social Justice Team, the fundraising committee has decided to keep the same recipients as last year for Share the Plate offerings for 2024-25:
- July, 2024– Oregon Black Pioneers
- August, 2024– Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette
- September, 2024 – HOME Youth and Resource Center
- October, 2024– Salem for Refugees *
- November, 2024– Microfinance
- December, 2024 – IMIrJ Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice
- January, 2025 – Family Promise
- February, 2025 – Marion Polk Food Share
- March, 2025 – Partner Church
- April, 2025 – Minister’s Discretionary Fund
- May, 2025 – Salem Harvest
- June, 2025 – Nellie Thompson-Dorothy Patch Scholarship Fund