Share the Plate
UUSD designates one Sunday of every month to offer 50% of the non-pledge collection to an area organization whose justice work aligns with UUSD’s Principles. Contributions to the Share the Plate program may be made on the designated Sunday (usually the second) of the month by placing cash or a check in the offering basket with “Share the Plate” in the memo line, online, or by mail-in check.
Selecting Organizations
- Nominations for potential recipients may be made by any UUSD committee or member to the UUSD Social and Environmental Justice Committee using the Nomination Form for Share the Plate.
- The committee will review nominations and make a selection based on consistency with UUSD’s approved Resolution of Conscience, timeliness, and balance of priority areas, giving preference for a majority of choices each year to those doing work in Sussex County.
2023-2024 Recipients
- February – Teach a Person to Fish Society, Thank You Letter
- January – Rise Against Hunger, Thank You Letter; Rise Against Hunger thanked UUSD for the Share the Plate donation in the amount of $547, and for their participation in the Rise Against Hunger event. UUSD was by far the most visible group there with an estimated 50 UUSDers participating either in the morning or afternoon sessions. Those present packaged 70,000 meals.
- November – Milton Community Food Pantry, Thank You Letter
- October – The Way Home
- September – Cape Henlopen School District Homeless Liaison Program, Thank You Letter
- August – Planned Parenthood of Delaware – Thank You Letter
- July – Sussex County Habitat for Humanity
2022-2023 Recipients
- June – Sussex Pride
- May – Family Promise of Delaware – Thank You Letter
- January and February – Lighthouse for Broken Wings
2021 – 2022 Recipients
- November – Pathways to Success; Thank You Letter
- October – Michaela’s Place
- September – Nanticoke Indian Museum,Thank You Letter
- August – Cape Henlopen School District Homeless Liaison Program, Thank You Letter
Shawna Steinmann, Asst. Homeless Liaison; Craig Warrington, Homeless Liaison;
and Visiting Teacher, Stephanie Collick
- July – Abriendo Puertas , Thank You Letter
- June – Meals on Wheels, Thank You Letter
- May – Delaware Wild Lands, Thank You Letter
- April – ACLU Delaware, Thank You Letter
- March – Planned Parenthood of Delaware, Thank You Letter
- February – Delaware State Opportunity Scholars (Dreamers Program), Thank You Letter
- January – Lighthouse for Broken Wings; Thank You Letter