Each year since 2005, UUCF members have donated $1,500-$3,000 a month to local, national and international charities through our Share the Plate program. Share the Plate contributes half of cash and 100% of designated checks from each service’s collection plate to organizations nominated by UUCF members and pledging friends. UUCF Share the Plate collections are designed to raise awareness within the congregation about local, regional, national and international social justice concerns and at the same time give congregants the chance to financially support a wide variety of social justice organizations. The Social Justice Council (SJC) reviews nominated organizations each November for designation in the following year. The SJC selects the recipients based on their compatibility with the UUCF Strategic Plan, including the Five Pillars of Social Justice. If you have a not-for-profit organization that stirs your passion, we invite you to nominate it for Share the Plate.
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2018 Share the Plate recipients
- January: Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism
- February: Postpartum Support Virginia
- March: Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia
- April: Rebuilding Together
- May: Earth Sangha
- June: UUCF Partner Church Circle
- July/August: No Child Goes Hungry
- September: Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
- October: Mamatoto Village
- November: SCAN of Northern Virginia
- December: Beacon House
Past Share the Plate recipients
Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons, UU-UNO, Fellowship Square Foundation, Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, OAR Fairfax, UUSJ, Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation, Fairfax County Court-Appointed Special Advocates, UU Service Committee, Virginia Center for Public Safety