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. Social Justice Coordinator Andrew Batcher and Lay Minister for Social Justice Karen Wolf review nominated organizations each November for designation in the following year. They select 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.
Links
- Share the Plate policy and procedures
- Nominate a Share the Plate recipient
- Donate online to this month’s Share the Plate recipient
2020 Share the Plate Recipients
- January: FACETS
- February: Britepaths
- March: Mosaic Harmony
- April: Interfaith Power & Light (DC-MD-NOVA)
- May: Congregation Action Network COVID-19 Emergency Fund
- Jun. 7-Jul. 19: Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Burke-Fairfax chapter)
- Jul. 26-Sep. 6: No Child Goes Hungry
- September: Faith in Action’s LA RED immigration justice initiative
- October: Greater DC Diaper Bank
- November: Beacon House
- December: Rebuilding Together Express
2019 Share the Plate Recipients
- January: Bringing Resources to Aid Women’s Shelters (BRAWS)
- February: The Promise and the Practice of Our Faith for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism
- March: DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network
- April: Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions
- May: Mayan League
- Jun 2-Jul. 14: Better Angels
- Jul. 21-Sep. 1: Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants Virginia chapter (VACURE)
- Sep. 8-29: Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation
- October: Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ)
- November: Centreville Immigration Forum
- December: Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence Program of The Women’s Center
Past Share the Plate Recipients
Beacon House, SCAN of Northern Virginia, Mamatoto Village, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, No Child Goes Hungry, Earth Sangha, Rebuilding Together, UU-UNO, Fellowship Square Foundation, OAR Fairfax, Fairfax County Court-Appointed Special Advocates, UU Service Committee, Virginia Center for Public Safety
