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
2022 Share the Plate Recipients
- January: Committee for Helping Others
- February: Casa Ruby
- March: BRAC USA
- April: Interfaith Power & Light
- May: UUs for Social Justice
- June -Jul. 10: Food for Others
- Jul. 17-August: International Mayan League
- September: Insight Memory Care Center
- October: TBD
- November: Northern Virginia Mediation Service Conflict Resolution Center
- December: Beacon House
2021 Share the Plate Recipients
- January: UUCF Partner Church Circle
- February: Congregation Action Network
- March: International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women
- April: Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions
- May: Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
- June: Nueva Vida
- July/August: DC Abortion Fund
- September: HIPS
- October: Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation
- November: Piscataway Eyes (a non-profit that supports the Piscataway Tribe)
- December: Arm and Arm
Past Share the Plate Recipients
SCAN of Northern Virginia, Mamatoto Village, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, 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, Bringing Resources to Aid Women’s Shelters (BRAWS), The Promise and the Practice of Our Faith for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism, Mayan League, Better Angels, Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants Virginia chapter (VACURE), Centreville Immigration Forum, Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence Program of The Women’s Center, FACETS, Congregation Action Network COVID-19 Emergency Fund, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Burke-Fairfax chapter), No Child Goes Hungry, Greater DC Diaper Bank