A hearty Thank-You to everyone who donated to Covenant to Care (the CT Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families) through our Share the Plate program. In November, you generously gave $534.75 for Joe Montalvano, “our” social worker, to share among needy families to make their holidays brighter. Barb Francese reports that 187 pounds of food […]
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As you may recall, we shared our plate twice in October. On October 3, we took a special collection in honor of singer-songwriter Lea Morris. Lea led our service that day and we helped fund the programs of NXTHVN, an organization working to foster artists, curators, and arts apprentices in the New Haven community. Thanks
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THANK YOU!!!Thanks to your generosity, we were able to donate $571.87 to Call to Care Uganda to help fund their programs that bring access to clean water to villages of Uganda. Clean, easily accessible water improves the lives of the villagers in ever-widening circles. WHAT’S COMING UP…It’s that time of year again when we Share
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October 2021 In October we will Share the Plate in two ways: On October 3 ONLY, the plate will be shared with NXTHVN, a non-profit group training studio artists and curators, and reaching into the community to foster arts education for their fellows and high school apprentices. The SUUS Racial Justice Group chose this donation
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Dear Friends of the Beloved Community: Thanks to your generosity over the past year, the Share the Plate Program has been able to contribute to the following organizations. The amounts donated increased almost every month, a tribute to you and a confirmation of how highly you value the program. Thank you for your generosity. Thank
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Our Share the Plate Offering this month will go to IRIS, an organization that we have supported for many years, including sponsoring an Iraqi family for a year in New Haven. To find out more about this organization, click on the video below. Please give generously! The Share the Plate program aims to embody SUUS’s
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Sunday, August 8, 2021, 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm EDT Join UU New England for a rich and comprehensive webinar on Reparations and how UUA NER congregations are engaging in this important work. Click here for details. Inspired by the recommendations of the Commission on Institutional Change in the Widening the Circle of Concern report, this webinar
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Dear Jere, the Social Justice Team and Shoreline UU, What a great surprise to receive your letter and check for $657.67 for the meals we’re providing for asylum seekers here in Phoenix. We turned the money right around and it was able to pay for two more Saturdays of meals for these refuges. Moreso, it
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On the suggestion of the Racial Justice Group, we will share our plate in June with the Open Communities Alliance, a Connecticut-based civil rights organization that promotes access to opportunity for all people through education, organizing, advocacy, research, and partnerships. Their particular goal at the moment is advocating for Fair Share Zoning, a system calling
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