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It’s time for the annual Mitten Tree! The holiday and winter season is about to arrive, and with it, the need to keep our HomeFront students warm. We will be collecting new hats, gloves, mittens, and socks for our HomeFront students (grades K-12) from Dec 1- 15th. Please bring your items to church Tuesday – … Continue reading Annual HomeFront Mitten Tree Collection Begins
by Jamie Evanini, Faith Action Ministry UUCWC’s Faith Action Ministry’s UU the Vote efforts are ramping up in September and October! This month, we are making a big push to finish all our postcard and letter writing work for Reclaim Our Vote and Vote Forward. We only need to do about 2000 more addresses to … Continue reading UU the Vote Postcarding Volunteers Needed
by Jamie Evanini, Faith Action Ministry “Are you registered to vote?” “Have you requested your vote-by-mail ballot yet?” These are questions that every UUCWC member and friend will be hearing in the near future — and perhaps you’ve already been asked. As with the CensUUs Texting Team this past May, 30 volunteers are helping the … Continue reading UU the Vote Update August 2020: Relational Organizing and Other Ways to Get Involved
COVID 19 has disrupted the programs at HomeFront just as it has the rest of society. They still need volunteer help as they reimagine their programs to be safe for everyone. This brochure explains many of the ways you can help HomeFront continue its vital work. If you’re not familiar with HomeFront, here’s their mission … Continue reading How to Help HomeFront During the Pandemic
We wanted to let you know that all the backpacks, clothing and supplies that you donated for this year’s UUCWC Backpack Project have been delivered to HomeFront: 15 filled backpacks, 6 Chromebooks and $1,480 in donations! Your stuffed backpacks, computers and donations will help so many kids start their school year off right and have … Continue reading HomeFront Backpack Project: Thank You
Food Insecurity has been identified as a growing need in our local communities due to the pandemic. In June, the Council for Faith in Action (CFA) donated $1,000 to El Centro Food Bank (along with $1,000 each to three additional organizations addressing food insecurity). El Centro responded by sending a handwritten note saying, “…what an … Continue reading You Are Making a Difference Via UUCWC
In response to the national coin shortage (yes, it’s a thing), UUCWC’s Faith Action Ministry (FAM) is partnering with our Religious Education (RE) to turn your extra coins into stamps to support our UU the Vote initiatives. Here’s how it works: email FAM@uucwc and let us know that you have Change for Change. We will … Continue reading Your Change for Change
By Jamie Evanini and Barbara Schroeder Jensen UUCWC has been working hard to put our faith into action, especially since the pandemic. We celebrate the work of everyone who has helped out so much and invite you to take a look at all we have done in this challenging time, and what we aim to … Continue reading Looking Back and Looking Forward With the Faith Action Ministry
by Steve Saddlemire, Faith Expression and Funding Team Over the past several stay at home months, the Faith Expression and Funding Team (FEFT) has been busy developing a program to identify and organize community outreach opportunities for our UUCWC members. The goal of this effort was to learn more about how we spend our time … Continue reading Community Outreach
As the names of cis and trans black men and women, as well as non-binary folks who have died at the hands of those who are entrusted to protect and to serve continue to pile up in the streets, we the members of the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing shout from the banks of … Continue reading Honoring Our 8th Principle To Racial Justice
