2013+STP+Collections

=Archive of Collections for January - June 2013=


 * Date || The Cause || How Your Contributions were Used  || Amount Raised ||
 * 1/6/13 || Orange County Justice United || Collection pays dues for this organization, a local citizen-power coalition of congregations, non-profits and neighborhood associations dedicated to making change on social justice issues. || $1,238.75 ||
 * 1/20/13 || Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Community Center || Funds raised went toward equipping a new community center to be built in the neighborhood. || $1,209.00 ||
 * ^  || Human Rights Center || This collection supported an effort to add a new wing to their new facility on Barnes Street in Carrboro. ||^   ||
 * 2/10/13 || Fundraisers for Middle East Human Rights Tour || Moneys raised were placed in a fund that will be used to assist one or more of our members to travel to Palestine and Israel for the purpose of better understanding the issues that underlie the conflict between these two peoples. || $1,217.11 ||
 * 2/24/13 || Orange County Habitat for Humanity || Habitat raises moneys to help finance the building of affordable housing in Orange County. This collections went toward the 17th house that Community Church has participated in building. || $3,153.00 ||
 * 3/10/13 || Straley Fund || Moneys were used to help send our youth to New Orleans to help build houses for Habitat. || $1,548.00 ||
 * 6/9/13 || Interfaith Council || Collections for the IFC support the operating fund for this very important organization of which Community Church was a founding member. || $2,038.37 ||
 * 4/14/13 || Cropwalk || CROP Hunger Walk is an activity that has long been supported by Community Church. Walkers raise money that is distributed to Church World Service to fight world hunger and the IFC for local use. The moneys raised in the Share the Plate collection support this effort. || $2,061.00 ||
 * 4/21/13 || ECO || Funds raised for the Monks Community Forest, a Carbon Covenant project, help continue volunteer patrols to protect trees from illegal harvesting, decease emissions and provide rice to the poor in six surrounding villages while market expansion efforts grow so locals can earn a living from sustainable, non-timber forest products. All living things benefit as these trees absorb greenhouse gases rather than contribute to them (through burning) || $1,050.24 ||
 * 5/5/13 || Charles House || Charles House is an adult day care center with a homelike, individualized approach to caring for its participants Our gifts were used to provide scholarships so that participants from different socioeconomic groups and different races can be included. This follows the philosophy of Charlie Jones, our founding minister and one of the first Charles House participants, to make this small group more representative of our community || $ 815.43 ||
 * ^  || OKAY || OKAY provided financial support and encouragement so El Centro Hispano was able to have a one-week program for children during the summer. The Human Rights Center had a weekly science program. Neither of these programs would have occurred without our encouragement and support. || $ 930.43 ||
 * 5/19/13 || Shelter Neck || Your gifts were used as scholarships for needy UU kids in eastern North Carolina who would otherwise might not be able to attend this summer camp. || $1,440.05 ||
 * ^  || Insch Fund || The moneys raised in this collection will be used for scholarships that will be given to our own youth when they complete the Insch Fund for Church Leadership Program. The young people who will receive these scholarships are Claire Day, Sarah Gagne, Marshall Lynn, Emma Siplon, and Carter Smith. ||^   ||
 * 6/2/13 || TABLE || TABLE, Inc. is an organization with a simple goal of feeding hungry, local children. The funds raised in this collection were used to buy weekend and vacation food for children who might otherwise go hungry. Nomination of this cause was made by the Children's Ministry who wanted to give the children of our church an opportunity to witness, and participate in C3HUU's social justice/outreach in a tangible way. || $1,323.44 ||
 * 6/16/13 || UUSC || The money raised by our church for the UUSC was used to support UUSC's partnerships with grassroots organizations working for social justice around the world. Specific projects include advancing the fair wage movement, ensuring access to safe, affordable water, and ensuring access to relief during humanitarian crises (e.g., in Haiti and the Philippines). || $ 508.00 ||
 * 7/21/13 || School Supplies || Funds from this collection were used to purchase and fill backpacks that were given to students from low income households in Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Chatham County Schools. || $1,465.00 ||
 * 8/4/13 || Fuel Up || 49 children who live in "food insecure homes" and attend Perry Harrison school benefitted from this collection. Food was purchased to help provide them with meals over the summer of 2013. || $ 827.84 ||
 * 8/18/13 || El Futuro || El Futuro specializes in providing behavioral health services to our Spanish speaking population who have often arrived in the United States following harrowing and traumatizing passages. Mental health services help these people face the challenges they encounter as they make their way in our communities often facing discrimination and harassment, jobs with long hours, and some, with fear of deportment. These funds help make up a deficiency that was the result of cuts in public funds in 2012. || $1,632.00 ||
 * 9/1/13 || Black Workers for Justice || BWFJ promotes the self-organization and empowerment of African American workers and advocates rights for all oppressed members of the working class. || $ 733.50 ||
 * 9/1/13 || Farm Labor Organizing Committee || This organization focuses its efforts on improving the lives of migrant farmworkers by giving them a voice in decisions that affect them. Through unionization and collective bargaining, FLOC seeks to counteract the huge imbalance of power in the agricultural industry. || $ 733.50 ||
 * 9/15/13 || Orange County Habitat for Humanity || The moneys collected for Habitat on this date went toward our share of the the 18th house that Community Church has helped build over the years. The funds we give are used in conjunction with those of 5 other churches to pay for half of the construction costs of a house; the other half of the funds are provided by Habitat who is paid back by the owners in the form of a mortgage loan. || $2,348.00 ||
 * 9/29/13 || InterFaith Council || Community Church has the opportunity to donate to IFC twice a year to support their programs which provides shelter to the homeless, food to the hungry, direct services and information to folks in need in Orange County. || $1,515.96 ||
 * 10/6/13 || ElCentro Hispano || El Centro is the largest grassroots organization in North Carolina. They are dedicated to strengthening the Latino community and improving the quality of life of Hispano/Latino residents of Durham, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and the surrounding area. It provides services to 10,000 people annually. || $1,193.26 ||
 * 10/20/13 || Coalition for Peace with Justice & UUs for Justice in the Middle East || CPWJ is a local ecumenical interfaith network dedicated to education, advocacy and non-violence that works for a just peace in Israel and Palestine. UUJME works within the UU community on the same subject. || $ 598.00 ||
 * 11/3/13 || Family Violence and Rape Crisis Center & Compass Center for Women and Families || These two organizations work together to provide services for women and families who have been the victims of domestic violence. The Compass Center provides a 24-hour hotline, support groups for victims, civil and criminal court advocacy. FVRC also has a hotline and provides shelter for families escaping violent home situations. Both have proactive programs that have a goal of preventing future domestic and sexual violence. || $1,270.75 ||
 * 11/10/13 || Holiday Meals || Each year, Community Church raises money to give to an IFC program that provides Thanksgiving dinner fixings to families they serve. This year Community Church provided holiday meals for 95 families! || $2,381.21 ||
 * 11/24/13 || Holiday Gifts for Foster Children || Supporting this program that is sponsored by the Department for Social Services for Orange and Chatham Counties has been a project of the The Children's Ministry Team for over 15 years. The collection provided funds for the purchase of gifts for foster children in the two counties. || $1,453.57 ||
 * = 12/8/13 || People of Faith against the Death Penalty || People of Faith against the Death Penalty is an organization whose mission it is to educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States. Moneys raised went into their general fund. || $ 499.50 ||
 * 12/8/13 || NC Commission of Inquiry on Torture || This collection was used as funding for a citizens' commission that investigated our state's role in extraordinary rendition. || $ 499.50 ||
 * 12/22/13 || Volunteer Med Partners || The funds raised on December 22 went to purchase medical equipment and supplies for the clinic in Mindo, Ecuador. This collection helped to enabling the opening of the clinic in 2014. || $1,845.27 ||