The Social Justice and Outreach Team (SJOT) has donated $500 to Pisgah Legal Services’ current fundraising campaign. The campaign has a matching funds offer, capped at $20,000, which doubles the impact of other donations. The combined donations ($40,000) will be used to increase the capacity of Pisgah Legal’s immigration team. “The mission of Pisgah Legal […]
Our next Outreach Collection, on May 21st, will be to help reduce Youth Hunger by benefiting those community programs that help ensure our children and youth have the sustenance they need to grow, learn, play, and lead healthy, productive lives. Thirty percent of the funds will support Feed the Kids, which provides a hot meal […]
Our next Outreach Collection, (rescheduled from April 23), will be to reduce Youth Hunger by benefiting those community programs that help our children and youth have the sustenance they need to grow, learn, play, and lead healthy, productive lives. Thirty percent of the funds collected will support the Feed the Kids Coalition, which provides a […]
The SJOT is waiting to receive your nominations for the annual award in recognition of one SPECIAL MEMBER of the congregation. All you need to do is to submit a 1-2 page description detailing the activities and projects to which the member has made a significant contribution. The deadline for nominations is April 15. Place […]
Outreach Collection Sunday, November 22: Youth Hunger: At this time of celebration of harvest and our ritual feasting for Thanksgiving, we dedicate our November Outreach Collection to Youth Hunger—to those programs in our community that help to ensure that our children and youth have the sustenance they need to grow and learn and play and lead healthy productive […]
Sunday, Oct. 4 – Housing Assistance Corporation Our first SJOT Outreach Collection for the year addresses the local issue of low-income housing. Housing is a critical need in our community; we all read with horror the stories about Alpine Woods. To address this local crisis, SJOT invites your support of Housing Assistance Corporation (HAC). The organization is committed […]
The Social Justice Outreach Team (SJOT) announces the yearly call for nominations for the UUFH Unsung Hero Award. The process and criteria are simple: those nominated for this award should be UUFH members who have made, and are making, a solid, continuing contribution to UUFH and/or the larger community. A nominee’s contributions may not be generally well known […]