There are many ways that you can help in our Loaves and Fishes project. Check this list to see what you’d like to do. This year we will be making the sandwiches at the UU Congregation of Princeton rather than UUCWC. Due to this change, we’ll also need brownies delivered on Thursday and Friday morning [...]
Each year, the Social Justice Committee coordinates UUCWC’s involvement in Loaves and Fishes. March 30 and 31 are the dates for this year’s Loaves and Fishes meals. We’ll be making the sandwiches at the Princeton UU church this year. Further details are coming soon.
Donations requested by January 8, 2012. Yes, Food Ministry is already thinking ahead to our January meal, meatloaf and mashed potatoes! January 12, we will again be preparing and delivering 90 meals for the HomeFront clients who live in motels on Route 1. Items needed from the congregation for donation: Frozen mixed vegetables 100% juice [...]
The UUCWC Food Ministry’s December meal for HomeFront folks is a Turkey Dinner! Items needed from the congregation for donation by December 5th: Boneless turkey breasts (please put in kitchen freezer); Frozen mixed vegetables (please put in kitchen freezer); 100% juice packs (please put in cabinet pantry in back of kitchen). If you donate, please [...]
HomeFront has three new volunteer needs that I wanted to pass on to you in case you are available and interested in helping HomeFront. 1. A hotel in Princeton is getting ready to do a major renovation and was kind enough to think of and contact HomeFront to donate the room furniture to us. Our [...]
2011 Update Last Thanksgiving, over 6,000 parents and children enjoyed a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Best of all, thanks to this extraordinary volunteer effort, they were able to do this at home, as a family! This year, UUCWC can help to make this magic occasion happen again by preparing Thanksgiving baskets and delivering them [...]
On Monday, September 26th there will be an orientation for our HomeFront Tutoring Program, beginning at 7:00pm with beverages and dessert. Anyone interested in helping – or just in learning more about the program – is invited to attend. Please contact Sarah Burke or the Ruekgauers for more info. Tutoring will begin with the children on [...]
The Hike Against Hunger will take place on Saturday, October 8, 2011. The goal is to raise funds for the Morrisville Food Center. The Food Center provides nutrition to those who cannot provide it themselves including the poor, elderly or disabled. To take a Hike against Hunger all you need to do is ask your [...]
Like To Work With a Tutoring Program? Be a Monday Night HomeFront Tutor. UUCWC provides an effective tutoring program for school aged children here onsite. Every Monday night, some about 25 children join us for dinner and tutoring sessions. We give our tutors an opportunity to go one-on-one with a child for the evening. We start [...]
All food and financial donations are needed by Monday, September 5. The UUCWC Food Ministry is working hard to share that family feeling by providing another meal in September for HomeFront members. You can help put the “Home” in HomeFront by donating one or more of the following: Boneless ham Frozen mixed vegetables Juice boxes – [...]
