Share the Plate is a highly successful program that increases funding for local non-profits. Last year, UUCT raised almost 14,000 dollars for racial justice associations, homeless shelters, and food banks, among others. Share the Plate embodies a treasured UU value: generosity. Every Sunday, we divide the collection plate 50/50 between UUCT and a worthy community organization. Congregants […]
Do you support a local cause that needs funding? Share the Plate provides individuals in our congregation with another opportunity to live our values by contributing financial support to a local social justice organization. By submitting an application to Share the Plate on behalf of a non-profit, you agree to act as the liaison and […]
UUCT has been a long-time supporter of The Kearney Center, and we will have an opportunity again when they are our Share The Plate (STP) partner on July 16th. Kearney’s mission is to provide temporary emergency shelter and housing-focused services, with the goal of making homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. In service to this mission, […]
The Share the Plate program is one of the principal ways UUCT members interact with community non profit organizations. This year we will be supporting 13 organizations which serve the Tallahassee and Big Bend Area. We are experimenting with a slightly different schedule this year. Each organization has one Sunday each quarter. We have tried […]
Thank you to all the members of UUCT who submitted a Share The Plate request. It is clear that our congregation supports many worthy causes in our community. This year, as part of our revitalization, we surveyed the congregation for their priorities. The results were clear: locally based, hunger, housing, race, and environment were the […]
Click here to view an informative video from Share the Plate Coordinator, Deborah Holt. Pick a local charity you want to help support and submit an application to Share the Plate by March 15. For assistance or questions contact ShareThePlate@uutallahassee.org
The Tallahassee Food Network is a unique community-based good food system that works to provide healthy, affordable food for all. It has built a grassroots effort to address food insecurity and health inequities in marginalized communities throughout Tallahassee. Its mission is to grow community-based good food systems that provide healthy, affordable food for all. The […]
Grace Mission is our Share the Plate Partner for Sunday, June 5, 2022. Half of the money collected this Sunday will go to our Share the Plate partner. Grace Mission is rightly called “A transformative ministry of the forgotten.” It has been a downtown Christian community for over 20 years. It was founded in the mid-1990’s […]
ReThink Energy Florida is a nonprofit whose mission is to engage, educate, and empower Floridians to take action and achieve a just transition to clean energy for a healthier, more sustainable environment through youth education, adult engagement and community organizing. This year, in addition to our usual programs, such as our Energy Camp and the advocacy […]
The Pandemic has changed much in our community. What it has not changed is the need for shelter (both emergency and long-term) for the clients of the Kearney Center. In fact, the number of homeless in our community has increased. Some may think their small donation doesn’t mean much. That negative thought is incorrect. Every […]
