Share the Plate Recipient for May 2020 is Salem Harvest

Share the Plate Recipient for May 2020 is Salem Harvest

Salem Harvest is a non-profit organization that connects farmers and backyard growers with volunteer pickers to harvest fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste. Salem Harvest has as its principal purpose the distribution of food without charge to children or homeless, unemployed, elderly or low-income individuals. For more information, visit the Salem Harvest … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for May 2020 is Salem Harvest

Share the Plate Recipient for April 2020 is Marion Polk Food Share

Marion Polk Food Share collects and distributes food to a network of more than 100 partner agencies. Support from the community makes it possible for the Food Share to distribute food to meal sites, food pantries, foster homes, low-income day care centers, shelters, and senior housing sites across the Mid-Valley. They also operate Meals on … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for April 2020 is Marion Polk Food Share

Share the Plate Recipient for April 2020 is the Minister’s Discretionary Fund

The Minister’s Discretionary Fund provides invaluable assistance to UUCS members and friends who are financially hard pressed by adverse circumstances. Know that your generous donation to this fund is an act of compassion and will eventually help provide badly needed relief for someone in our beloved community

Good Samaritan Bag Project on Hold – Collections Continue

Due to the Covid-19 crisis, we’ll be discontinuing the Good Samaritan Bag Project. We’ll make sure that donations we already have are given to the unsheltered community and to non-profits such as Safe Sleep and The Kindness Closet. In the meantime, in order to help meet the needs of the unsheltered, we’ll be collecting donations … Continue reading Good Samaritan Bag Project on Hold – Collections Continue

Share the Plate Recipient for March 2020 is the Partner Church Program

The March Share-the-Plate recipient is our Partner Church Fund. This is our annual fund raiser, which we use for committee administrative costs and funds we share with our partner church in Simenfalva, located in the Transylvania region of Romania. We have had a relationship with Simenfalva since the late 1990’s, and cemented our connection in … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for March 2020 is the Partner Church Program