WUUC’s 2021 Giving Tree
WUUC will once again host a Giving Tree for families living in Greenleaf needing extra support with gift giving during the holiday season. WUUC collaborates with the Greenleaf housing community in Kenmore through our Black Student and Families Fund project. Our ongoing contributions to Greenleaf families provide a safe environment for Northshore students to explore and express their identity as they navigate the racial constructs of their world. Watch the WUUC email lists for more information soon about how to contribute to the Giving Tree.
Black Student and Family Fund (BSAFF) Friendsgiving success
On Nov. 22 the Kenmore Community Club transformed into a celebration of gratitude for friends and family for the Friendsgiving/Harvest Festival put on by the Greenleaf families and Root of Our Youth leaders. The kids planned the decorations and activities during the Mentor Monday sessions (that happen every Monday after school at the Kenmore Community Club) and everyone worked together, including our WUUC BSAFF team, to create the potluck event with face painting, cupcake and cookie decorating (thanks Alaine and Lane), musical chairs, and a youth-led fashion show. The kids had a great time and are excited for the next event on Dec. 20.
Thank you Carol Taylor, Steph Young, Lisa Villasenor, Alaine Davis, Lane Owsley, Cora Goss-Grubbs and thanks to everyone for your ongoing support of BSAFF
Monthly Special Collections
Many thanks for donating to our October ASJ special collection. Your support of $695 went to Honor the Earth, a native initiative to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities. Among other activities, Honor the Earth is currently supporting actions of Water Protectors to oppose pipeline 3 in the Midwest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a98gUC53NYo&t=90s.
On Dec. 19 the ASJ special collection will benefit the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization advancing human rights together with an international community of grassroots partners and advocates.
The ASJ Committee thanks WUUC members and friends for their generous support of our monthly special collections, which take place during services on the third Sunday of every month. Instructions for giving are posted during the service, and you can also donate anytime the following week at https://onrealm.org/wuuc/-/give/now, or by sending a check to WUUC at P.O. Box 111, Woodinville, WA 98072. Please make checks out to WUUC and write “ASJ Monthly Collection” in the notes.