Collecting for “Stuff the Bus”

This year we will be trying out a different way of collecting for local organizations. Instead of 5th Sundays, starting in July, we will be instituting “Share the Plate”, a program that many other UU churches use successfully. The Social Justice Committee will select a different organization for each month, and during that month, any money in the collection plate that is not designated for pledges will be equally divided between UCF and the selected organization. Anyone can submit suggestions for local organizations for future months by contacting Harriet Altman or Barb Thomas. You can find out what organization is receiving the Share the Plate collection each month by checking the Wave or the Coastline.

For the month of July, we will be splitting the plate with “Stuff the Bus”, a program of the Carteret County Public Schools Foundation. They will be collecting money, school supplies, and book bags during the month of July, loading all the supplies into the book bags, and putting them all on a school bus. On August 7th, Carteret County students and their families who are in need can come to Parkview Baptist Church in Morehead City to pick up a backpack. There will also be distributions in other parts of the county on August 11th. July has five Sundays, with the last one on July 30th and we will plan to get the money to the CCPS Foundation as soon as possible so they can use it to buy any school supplies that they still need.