Category: Share the Plate

First UU Share the Plate Charity for February 2023 is our Khasi Hills Partnership School in India

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Our congregation has been in partnership with the Unitarian-run Annie Margaret Barr Higher Secondary School in the rural village of Kharang in the Khasi Hills of North East India since 2003. Our financial goal continues to be to support the two additional teachers that were needed following the inauguration of the new high school in … Continue reading First UU Share the Plate Charity for February 2023 is our Khasi Hills Partnership School in India

First UU Share the Plate Charity for January 2023 is Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh

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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh is a nonprofit working to provide affordable homeownership and home repairs to limited-income families in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County since 1986. Habitat Pittsburgh has assisted 110 families in becoming first-time homeowners. Many of these families would not be homeowners today were it not for Habitat Pittsburgh’s … Continue reading First UU Share the Plate Charity for January 2023 is Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh

The Share The Plate for December is East End Cooperative Ministry

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The East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM) changes the lives of people facing the impacts of poverty. For over 50 years, EECM has been a community leader in addressing the issues that affect our area’s most at-risk and underserved populations. From its beginnings as an interfaith coalition of congregations, EECM has responded to provide hope and … Continue reading The Share The Plate for December is East End Cooperative Ministry

Share the Plate for November: UUSC

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During the month of November, we will be sharing our weekly offering with a wonderful human rights organization: the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, or UUSC.UUSC works in the US and internationally, supporting grassroots movements on behalf of people who are confronting unjust power structures and challenging oppressive policies. UUSC’s focus, as a smaller human rights … Continue reading Share the Plate for November: UUSC

October’s Share the Plate charity is UU Justice PA

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UUPLAN was organized ~ 22 years ago, and the involvement of 1st UU has waxed and waned through the years. In the early years, our congregation provided strong leadership for the Reproductive Justice Team and the LGBTQ team, as well as participants for the Environmental Justice and Good Government Teams. The name change to UUJusticePA … Continue reading October’s Share the Plate charity is UU Justice PA