From September to June, our Society donates each month to a Dedicated Offering recipient and splits 50/50 every Sunday’s offering plate with the recipient organization.

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 on the first Sunday of the month. 

In September we raised $1,000 for UUA Disaster Relief Fund to support the Montpelier VT UU congregation, which suffered a great loss when the Connecticut river flooded its building; in October $1,175 for Maui Strong to support victims of the wildfires which devastated Lahaina in western Maui, Hawaii; and in November $850 for the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC). In December, our Dedicated Offerings raised $900 for Etta International, Empowerment through the Arts.  In January, we raised $1,000 for Reproductive Equity Now. In February, we raised $1,100 for Healing Across the Divides. In March we raised $1,200 for Girls Inc. of the Valley. In April we raised $1025 for Dakin Humane Society. We will soon report what we raised in May-June for the Movement Voter Fund.

The Dedicated Offering Committee welcomes new members. If you are interested in learning more or joining DOC, please contact Anne Perkins, Mary Beth Seminario, Linda Callahan, Carolyn Holstein, or Brenda Bushouse.