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Social
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The Social Outreach Committee
The Unitarian Coastal Fellowship has a history of response wherever we find need, and to social justice issues as they arise. In the past, the Fellowship has helped to rebuild African American Churches torched in hate crimes, prepared and served lunches for house-building volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, provided food, money and gifts for those in need, aided in the aftermath of hurricane clean up and reconstruction, organized and led county-wide peace demonstrations, and regularly supported the annual Beach Sweep environmental clean-up of our waterways. We have actively involved ourselves in Ethical Eating education; as a Sister Cities Community of San Ramon, Nicuaraga; and a Green Sanctuary. Following are involvements of our UCF community: Support of Hope Mission: • Regular monthly meals for homeless shelter residents; • Financial counseling for clients; • Holiday gifts for men at the homeless shelter and men and women at two homes for recovering addicts • Serving and support at soup kitchen. Green Sanctuary: sponsored "Sacred Balance" film with discussion; financial support for CCC students attending national conference; outing to NC Aquarium; outing to Rachael Carson Preserve.
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Boys and Girls
Club contributions of
volunteer time and materials for knitting instruction and other financial
support.
Meditation and Buddhist Sanga instruction was provided to local prison residents, and is regularly offered to the community. Continuing Education as a “Welcoming Congregation” and host of PFLAG meetings (Second Wednesday evening of each month. Call Ann at 240-1914). 5 TH Sunday Non Pledge Offerings are designated for a social outreach effort or organization. Regular Food Contributions and support of local food pantries, including delivery of fresh produce from a local farm and gleaning of left over harvest in fields. Ethical Eating: sponsored NWEI class, "Menu for the Future" and demonstrated use of high protein, non-meat snacks for coffee hour.
Other: UCF also provides tutors in the schools, supports the Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration Committee with food and services for the annual event, and offers venues to purchase Fair Trade coffee and chocolate in the Social Hall at UCF and in markets within the local community.
There is at UCF a recognition that a group of individuals can be more notable than one person and that we at UCF wish to join others to serve the community and world in which we live. We do this by providing educational, service, witness and advocacy opportunities for members of our congregation. Social Action activities described above have been facilitated by: Jane Hines and Miriam Green (co-chairs), Craig Matthews, Lees Hardy, Terri Thomas, Lee and Jerry Miller, Ann Rivers, John Russell, Sally White, Penny and Mark Hooper, Betty Skulstad, Karen Baggott, Duncan McElhaney, Dail Bridges, Verne Reintjes, Sue Mathis, Ann and Ted Odell, Claire Brothers-Thorne, Tracy Rogers and Susan Schmidt.
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Hands
Across The Sand, June 2010 at Fort Macon in support of clean energy
sources.
UCF is a Green Sanctuary,a congregation that lives out its commitment to the Earth by creating a sustainable life style for its members as individuals and as a faith community.
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