There is a homelessness crisis in the Salem area and most people want something to be done. UUCS and Habitat and Hope Village, Inc. can provide one piece of the solution. This article provides information on the Farmhouse transitional housing project planned for an unused portion of the UUCS north parking lot. We are working … Continue reading UUCS Farmhouse Answers to Common Questions
Edit Once again MLP (Mujeres Luchadoras Progresistas, which means Women Striving for Progress) is offering beautiful Holiday wreaths handmade by farmworker women, Folks interested in a holiday wreath can order directly online and pay either online or by check via mail. To purchase a wreath for $35, wreath order forms and checks must be received … Continue reading Order Holiday Wreaths from MLP by December 2
The De Muniz Resource Center located in the South wing of the Marion County Transition Center helps men and women transition from incarceration back to the community. Congregant, Jack Tally works at the resource center as a Navigator and has requested help with filling their clothing closet with functional, used clothing for those folks in … Continue reading Clothing Drive for Folks in Transition
The Mindful Organization for the Recovery of Psychological Health, M.O.R.P.H. (formerly the Mental Health Association of Marion County) is asking for your help in providing holiday 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 are so often alone … Continue reading The M.O.R.P.H. Giving Tree is Going Virtual
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 Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund through the Santiam Hospital’s … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for November 2020 is the Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund
Because you are a good Oregonian and live in one of the easiest states to vote in, you mailed your ballot the day after you got in the mail. And now you wait. You start second guessing yourself, you worry your person isn’t going to win, and you brace yourself for the night. Election Night. … Continue reading Seeking Election Night Community?
The Salem and Spokane congregations join together via webinar to worship our common humanity while honoring our individual differences. Join Rev. Rick and Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof as they discuss the questions of diversity and division going on in our country with Irshad Manji, author of Don’t Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times.. … Continue reading How to Attend the 10:30 am October 25, 2020 Service
The Social Tragedy Driving our Efforts On a single night, 17 of every 10,000 people in the United States experience homelessness. According to HUD’s 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR, 2020), the number of homeless people nationwide increased by nearly three percent between 2018 and 2019. The unsheltered homeless increased by nine percent, and those … Continue reading Habitat and Hope Village Project Needs Your Thoughts and Decision
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 October 2020 is Microfinance
The latest list of needed items posted by United Way includes Colman stoves, propane canisters, canopies, wheelbarrows, brooms, shovels, large tarps, cots, and heavy rakes. All donated items can be dropped off at the Truitt Receiving Center, located at 1330 Front St. NE, Salem. The latest updates to the needs list and the drop off … Continue reading Help Wildfire Relief Efforts through United Way
