Share the Plate Recipient In March: First State Abortion Fund  • The Fund is a local, volunteer-powered program with the mission of breaking down financial barriers and increasing abortion access for Delaware residents in need. It provides financial assistance and offers practical support. Contribute on the UUSD website at Donate or send a check to UUSD. Read more.

Our Share the Plate offering in February is for The Teach a Person to Fish Society. Their mission is to feed our neighbors experiencing food insecurity with nutritious, ready-to-eat meals using ingredients from sustainable methods. Food is sourced from farms, grocers, volunteer gardens and local partners. The meals are delivered to Sussex County food pantries, [...]

Community Building Volunteer Opportunity UUSD members are invited to join the locally organized community-wide Sussex County “Feeding the 5000 Multiplied" food-packing event on Saturday, March 9th at Sussex Central High School in Georgetown. This event is being organized by Grace United Methodist Church of Millsboro. You can join either of two sessions (morning or afternoon) [...]

Our Share the Plate offering in January is for Rise Against Hunger. Their second annual locally sponsored event, “Feeding the 5000 Multiplied,” is hoping to package and ship 120,000 meals for communities experiencing serious levels of food insecurity. Rise Against Hunger serves last-mile communities in remote locations. Meals are provided through educational institutions to help [...]

UUSD will host a Free Soup & Bread Dinner followed by a movie on Friday, January 26. The movie "3 Degrees of Connection" examines the heritage of Lewes, Delaware, from the perspectives of people with different histories with the area, of different races and ages, and with varied research agendas. Come for both the meal [...]

The mission of Habitat is to bring people together to build homes, community, and hope.  The Healthy Homes program provides repair services and energy-efficiency upgrades for low-income homeowners impacted by age, disability, and family circumstances with the goal of improving the health and safety of the residents.  SCHFH is also focusing on larger community development [...]

Our Share the Plate collection in both January and February will go to support Lighthouse for Broken Wings. Lighthouse is currently bearing the cost of housing 25 people (including 6 families) at the Red Mill Inn.  Additionally, Lighthouse needs funds so they can provide food and other necessities to others housed at the Inn by [...]

              Those in the photo: Mac Goekler representing UUSD and UUs for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; John Reynolds representing ACLU'S Clean Slate and Smart Justice Campaigns; Lynn Kielhorn representing Delaware Campaign to End Debtors Prisons; Kailyn Richards representing Delaware Center for Justice; Charlotte King representing Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice; Pastor [...]

STARTING APRIL 3, DIALOGUE TOWARD ENDING RACISM, SPONSORED BY SOUTHERN DE ALLIANCE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: The seven-week Dialogue Toward Ending Racism program will start April 3. This is an opportunity to build new friendships and opportunities for involvement while diving into root causes of racism. Go to the SDARJ website for more information and to [...]

During Pride Month in June, UUSD is proud to host the film, From Selma to Stonewall, in partnership with ACLU Delaware. The film features two activists who form an unusual bond as they seek to find the intersection between the Civil Rights and LGBTQ+ Equality movements. They eventually find themselves in the midst of today’s [...]