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Social Action
and Service is its prayer......
You will find UU’s serving these organizations:
- Cancer Support Community
We organized Friends of Gilda, which is working to establish a Cancer Support Community in the Greenville, NC area. We will
have Gilda’s Clubhouse, with a warm, welcoming environment and a program of social and emotional support for men, women, and children who have cancer, their
families, and their close friends. Our mission will be to ensure men, women, and children touched by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action,
and sustained by community. Our innovative program will be an essential complement to medical care- providing networking and support groups, workshops, education,
and social activities. For more information contact Pat Anderson at 414-9986 or info@cancersupportenc.org.
- Greenville Community Shelter Action Group
The "Shelter Action Group" is aimed at developing projects that directly help the Greenville Community Shelter pursue its goals of helping those who have become
homeless. Current projects include donations by UUCG members to the Shelter's "Daily Needs", critical items needed for Shelter daily life. Next is the work of UUCG
volunteers to help with the daily process of residents' evening "check-in" at the facility. Our third helping choice is to select certain events for recognition of
suitable residents. For example, for 2011 Mothers' Day we provided a rose and personalized card for each woman resident. The plan is to continue these initiatives
and add to the program where feasible.
- First Born Community Development Center, a rural food pantry in Grimesland that UU’s began supporting after the
devastation caused by Hurricane Floyd. First Born distributes food to the needy every 2nd and 4th Saturday mornings. UUCG members regularly help with the food
distributions on 4th Saturdays, beginning at 8 am. Nonperishable food, clothing and plastic bags for First Born can be left in UUCG’s library any time our building is
open.
- Eastern Carolina Interfaith Alliance, begun after 9/11 by UUCG members, friends and a former
minister. The Interfaith Alliance sponsors Prayers for Peace every 4th Monday (except December) at 7 pm September – May at various congregations and often at UUCG.
Prayers for Peace is followed at 7:45pm by interesting interfaith discussions. The Interfaith Alliance sponsors a community wide Multi-faith Thanksgiving Worship
Service every year on the Sunday afternoon before Thanksgiving.
UU’s in Greenville support these efforts during or just following our Sunday Services:
- Oakmont Dr. Adopt a City Street project. Several times a year the street
on which UUCG is located is cleaned after a Sunday Service. All are invited to participate in this fun family event, followed by lunch!
- Greenville’s CROP Walk, happens each fall. UUCG members,
friends and youth participate with other faith communities, walking to raise funds for local food banks.
- The UU Service Committee’s Guest at Your Table campaign from Thanksgiving through the winter
holidays raises funds for efforts to end world hunger.
- Every Fifth Sunday, a special “Give Away the Plate” collection is taken to provide support for organizations in Greenville doing the work of love and justice.
Recently, donations have gone to PiCASO (Pitt County AIDS Service Organization),
Humane Society of Eastern Carolina, First Born CDC,
Little Willie Center, and
Family Violence Program of Pitt County.
Social Action Committee Co-Chairs: Tom Long & Pat Anderson sachair@uugreenvillenc.org (mail sends to both)
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