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 in order to transport them. You can also drop off your brownies at St. Mary’s on Saturday.

Sign up on the Poster on the Bulletin Board (beginning Feb 26) in the Lobby, or you can Contact Ronnie Dobrowolski via Email. This list is the same as the Poster.

March 30 and 31

More Information:
Directions

What is Loaves and Fishes?:

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 6.75 oz. boxes
• Betty Crocker instant mashed potatoes

Please place perishables in refrigerator or non-perishables in the food pantry in the back of the kitchen, and mark your name and donation on the list posted on the food pantry door.  As always, items are tax deductable.  Thank you for your support!

• 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 note your name/donation on the form taped to the metal cabinet pantry in the back right hand corner of the kitchen.  As always, donations are tax deductible.  Thank you for helping us deliver dinner to 90 people every month!

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 crew needs help loading the furniture onto the truck and then unloading it at a local warehouse or possibly here at HomeFront. This work will be done from December 12 – December 16, during the day. We are looking for interested volunteers to sign up to help us during this week. The volunteer will be with a HomeFront employee and using HomeFront trucks. You do not need to commit to every day. We will appreciate any help you can give us during the week.

2. December 12 – December 16 – This is the week that our HomeFront truck will be going to local companies to pick up presents for our Christmas Wish Drive. The volunteer opportunity is to travel to the companies and assist our HomeFront drivers pick up the presents. The HomeFront truck will then head back to HomeFront to drop the presents off to get ready for the Christmas Wish Drive and present distribution.

Contact: Lynn Bovier
Volunteer Coordinator
HomeFront
1880 Princeton Avenue
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
609.989.9417 x 133

http://www.homefrontnj.org

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 to the UUCWC Lobby on or before Sunday November 13. We’ll deliver them to HomeFront.  If you prefer, you can drop them off yourself at the HomeFront office between November 14th and 16th for distribution to local families in need.

Thanksgiving Baskets should include:

• Grocery store gift card for a turkey (Your local Shop Rite or Acme offers these gift cards.)
• Canned vegetables, fruit, and cranberry sauce
• Dry  boxed mashed potatoes and stuffing mixes
• Fruit juice
• Dessert items
• Anything else you would like to include to make a family’s Thanksgiving
  meal special! 

Please - No perishable items!

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 family & friends to sponsor your hike.
Then come out on October 8 and take a 4 mile hike through a tree lined Yardley/Morrisvile neighborhood. There’s a free lunch when you finish.
If your friend, family member or colleague is taking part in Hike Against Hunger, show your support and sponsor them.

To participate in the Hike:
Download a form here. It includes all of the details. You can also on the Sign-up Bulletin Board in the UUCWC lobby or contact Ronnie Dobrowolski. Collect donations from people sponsoring you among friends, family and UUCWC members.

To sponsor a Hiker:
Look for a hiker desperately seeking sponsors in the Crossings Room or contact Ronnie Dobrowolski.

Details:
When:  Saturday, October 8, 2010
9:30 AM Registration
10:00 AM Hike Begins
11:30 AM Celebration Picnic Begins
Distance: Four Miles
Contact Ronnie Dobrowolski
For more information contact the Food Center at 215-295-4191 or their web site.

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 out with a hot dinner meal, followed by 90-plus minutes of assistance with student homework. Our children range from grades 1–12, with the bulk at the elementary and junior high level. The program has been in operation for more than 12 years. Our tutors are adults, with additional support from area high school and college students. All we ask is that you make a commitment of being a consistent tutor for the school year. Our students will want your help each week.

The program permits high school junior and seniors to be tutors. Tutors do not need to be members of uucWc. Our 2011–12 school year program begins in mid-September. Ask Bernie Ruekgauer and/or Sarah Burke, co-chairs of this program, for exact dates.

— Bernie Ruekgauer

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 – 6.75 oz

Financial donations, by check only, are also welcome.  We have an opportunity to purchase two insulated carrying cases at $100 each and could use a few sponsors. The cost of our monthly meals, if we were to buy everything, averages $200. Donations have saved the church budget about $1,000 so far. Please place ham and vegetables in the freezer. Place juice boxes in the Food Ministry metal cabinet labeled For Food Ministry. Also be sure to record your donations on the sheet taped to Food Ministry cabinet. checks can be placed in the envelope inside the Food Ministry cabinet in the church kitchen.

- Sue Smith