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Dignity Dinner Program
Cooking for the Arlington Street Church 's Friday Night Supper Program for the homeless .
First Parish prepares dinners for the homeless four times a year for scheduled Fridays. Sign ups for cooking (recipes and containers provided) and serving are on the piano during social hour a month before the dinner.
Contact: Bob and Linda Coyne,
When: Friday, November 14 - food due at FPC
Thurs. evening.
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Support for the food pantry of the Woburn Council of Social Concern , and support (through the Lexington Interfaith Council) for the Lexington Food Pantry .
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Society for Women against AIDS in Zambia (SWAAZ)
The Social Action Committee is establishing a community partnership with the AIDS orphanage in Zambia to provide funds for the children's education.
Contacts: Al Jacobson
Allen Armstrong
AIDS orphanage project in Zambia .
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Annual Vegetarian Potluck to benefit our AIDS orphanage project.
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Roxbury Youth Program
The Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry supports programs for people in Boston's inner city. Stand High/Stand United (SH/SU) is a program that provides weekend enrichment experiences for Roxbury and Dorchester youth. Experiences range from learning about animals and working on plays to visiting local places like Drumlin Farm or hiking in the Blue Hills. There are about 45 kids, ages 7-11, in the program this year with 20 volunteers from suburban churches. There are two SH/SU events in a typical month: Explorers Club at First Church in Roxbury on the second Saturday; and a field trip or outing usually on the fourth Saturday.
Taking the kids trick-or-treating on Halloween has become an annual SH/SU tradition. This year 15 volunteers augmented by 5 MIT Delta Psi international students and six high school kids from one of the churches helped 40 Roxbury and Dorchester kids and 15 parents. We brought them to First Unitarian Society church in West Newton, served them pizza and juice, helped them get dressed up in costumes that had been donated by three suburban churches, and helped them get painted up using supplies donated by Pearl Art Supply. In the process, most adults ended up getting painted by the kids as well. After the pizzas were consumed and the kids (and adults) were suitably disguised, we took the whole group to a neighborhood in Auburndale where the residents had decorated their yards, put on costumes themselves, and stocked up on candy to handle the onslaught. Click here for photos from SH/SU .
Contact: Pete Tasker
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Rice Sticks and Tea.
This is a food pantry for poor members of the Asian community in Boston, sponsored by the UU Urban Ministry Program. Volunteers are needed to pick up food from donors, shelve and bag for participants, and help them carry the groceries home.
Contact: Amy Breiting
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Peanut Butter & Jelly Sundays
The first Sunday of the month is "Peanut Butter & Jelly Day." Please put your contributions in the basket in Parish Hall (tuna fish welcome too!). The Social Action Committee will deliver donations to the Woburn Council of Social Concerns for their shelters. The food pantry is located at 2 Merrimac Street, North Woburn.
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Lend a hand. Lend-a-Hand is a century old organization with Unitarian roots. It holds luncheons on the first Friday of the month and raises funds for several charities, including a shelter for battered women.
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Welcoming Congregation . Education, support, and action to create and encourage a welcoming environment at First Parish and social justice in the larger community for glbt people.
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Women's Alliance o perates Steeple Shop , for sale of clothing and jewelry on consignment. Proceeds go to First Parish & charities.
