UUCS is a founding member of Family Promise, a multi-congregational consortium that provides shelter and food for homeless families. We are scheduled to host Family Promise 4 times in 2022. Our first week this year will begin January 16. We will need to provide meals for homeless families on Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday for 12 … Continue reading Help Feed Homeless Families January 16-22
I would like to announce to the congregation that UUCS has formed two Good Neighbor Teams to support refugee families arriving from Afghanistan! These Good Neighbor Teams are being trained by our local refugee resettlement agency, Salem For Refugees, and each team will be assigned to support one refugee family. This is a wonderful response … Continue reading New UUCS Good Neighbor Teams Help Refugees
Interested in supporting End of Life Choices?End of Life Choices Oregon is seeking volunteers for its Salem team, co-led by UUCS members Steve Rosen and Margarethe Gregg. If you can commit to time, a willingness to learn and an interest in supporting individuals interested in utilizing Oregon’s Death with Dignity Law, please contact us at sjr1948@gmail.com
HHV is currently investigating ways to supply mobile shower and laundry facilities to serve people in existing and planned “micro-shelter communities” within the Salem Urban Growth Boundary. These communities, managed by Church at the Park, are designed to provide safe, secure, temporary shelters in small, managed clusters, for folks who would otherwise be un-housed. According … Continue reading Habitat and Hope Village Update
The MLP farm worker women’s co-op is selling wreaths again this year. Their coordinator, Rebeca, said the price remains $35, but no red bow is provided this year. Pick up is set for 12/4 at 8 am at First United Methodist Church off Church & State Street Salem, OR 97301. Buy your wreath online at their website or make checks … Continue reading MLP Holiday Wreaths 2021 Sales
The Mindful Organization for the Recovery of Psychological Health, M.O.R.P.H. (formerly the Mental Health Association of Marion County) once again is asking for your support this holiday season with providing gifts for people with significant mental health conditions who are lacking support from friends or family. Please join us in reaching out to those who … Continue reading Gift Tags for Our Christmas Tree Support M.O.R.P.H.
UUCS is scheduled to host Family Promise the week beginning December 5. We will need to provide meals on Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday for 12 people. The meals are delivered to a single location. UUCS Family Promise Team is ready and able to assist you with cooking and meal delivery. It is also possible for … Continue reading Help Homeless Families
Dear UUCS,Our newest neighbors are refugee families who have fled their countries due to persecution, war, or violence. My husband and I have been involved with 5 families over the past 5 years who have fled Iraq, Syria, or the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Our lives have been immeasurably enriched by walking along … Continue reading Call to UUCS to Support our New Neighbors
What is Share the Plate? During each Sunday service, we take a collection. This voluntarily given money is then shared between our congregation and an organization from the local community which has goals that align with Unitarian Universalist principles. This month’s Share the Plate recipient is our Microfinance project. The UUCS Microfinance project makes small … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for November 2021 is Microfinance
The UUCS Microfinance team, supported by UUCS member donations, provides small loans for household economic activities in struggling communities. In early 2020, the Microfinance team allocated $5074 for loans to milk-producing households in the small community of Qqepa located high on the Altiplano of southern Peru. But the Covid-19 pandemic struck shortly thereafter, isolating rural … Continue reading Good News from the Peruvian Altiplano
