From September to June, our Society donates each month to a Dedicated Offering recipient and splits every Sunday’s offering plate 50/50 with the recipient organization. Our November offerings for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lawton, OK will be reported in a future newsletter, as well our December offerings for the UU Congregation of Asheville, North Carolina (to help with disaster relief from Hurricane Helene).

The Dedicated Offerings for the month of January will be for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.
Since 1982 the Food Bank has been feeding our neighbors in need, and leading the community in ending hunger.
This year the food insecurity has been the highest ever — more than 119,000 citizens of Western MA have sought help from the Food Bank per month, a 21% increase from 2023. Poverty and unemployment, coupled with very high food prices, are behind this amazing jump in food insecurity.

Please donate for our Dedicated Offerings and help those in great need in our area and throughout Western Massachusetts.

The Dedicated Offering Committee selects non-profit organizations that our Society will support with donations from our Sunday collections. We solicit UUSA’s members for names of organizations through a form which is available in the office and on-line here. A representative of the chosen organization is asked to speak about it, usually on the first Sunday of the month. We welcome new members. If you are interested in learning more or joining DOC, please contact Anne Perkins, Mary Beth Seminario, Linda Callahan, or
Carolyn Holstein.