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From the “Secure Housing and Food for All” Team

We hope you all had a joyful holiday season. Thank you very much for sharing your time and effort to help the people of Corvallis who are struggling each day to survive by donating warm clothing and food items. It’s a new year and we continue with our efforts to help our less fortunate community.

The Unity Shelter is open again and can use volunteers, the Corvallis Drop-in Center is in need of warm clothing, and the South Corvallis Food Pantry needs to refill its shelves.

The Secure Shelter and Food for All team is meeting in the library of the UU on January 14 after the service. Please join us if you want to become active in this group.

Donation Needs

  • Shoes – Especially Boots! (men’s 9+ or women’s 10+)
  • Gloves
  • Belts (plain, size 30-36)
  • ANY Outdoor Wear: hoodies, coats, sweatpants. Water-resistant preferred.
  • Bandanas and head wraps

Think Outdoorsy!

Thank you, Corvallis!

Justice Outreach Offering in January – NAACP

For the month of January our Justice Outreach offering will benefit the Linn Benton NAACP. The NAACP works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

Learn more at the Linn Benton NAACP Website.

Democracy Action Team: Let’s Buy Some Stamps!

During the last election cycle, members of UUFC’s Democracy Action Team wrote 20,000 letters to voters around the country, encouraging all to vote.  Our team is gearing up for another critical election season this year, and to prepare, they need to buy stamps for all those letters.  (Given the price of stamps, the cost of being a letter-writer can be prohibitive for some).  Several members of the team are offering a one-to-one match for all donations to the Stamp Fund:  All donations up to $5000 will be matched!   Stamp prices increase on January 21 – can you help raise another $5000 to support this important work? 

DONATE

IMPORTANT UPDATE for Brilliant Minds

An incorrect registration link went out in the weeklies and the newsfeed for the Brilliant Minds Workshop. If you believe you have already registered via one of those , please take a look at THIS registration link and verify that it is the one you used. If you signed up on the clipboard and or via the bulletin board QR code, you are already good to go! Thank you so much for your interest in this offering!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Fellowship members Blaise Ntakarutimana and Gisele Akima, living now in Portland, on the birth of baby Miley Anaya Shimineza in December. Everyone is doing well, and siblings Shanti and Josh are very excited!

Celebration of Life for Darius Adams, 1/28 at 2 PM

Fellowship member Darius Adams died on December 7, 2023.  A celebration of his life will be held at the Fellowship on Sunday, January 28, at 2 PM.

From the “Secure Housing and Food for All” Team

We hope you all had a joyful holiday season. Thank you very much for sharing your time and effort to help the people of Corvallis who are struggling each day to survive by donating warm clothing and food items. It’s a new year and we continue with our efforts to help our less fortunate community.

The Unity Shelter is open again and can use volunteers, the Corvallis Drop-in Center is in need of warm clothing, and the South Corvallis Food Pantry needs to refill its shelves.

The Secure Shelter and Food for All team is meeting in the library of the UU on January 14 after the service. Please join us if you want to become active in this group.

Donation Needs

  • Shoes – Especially Boots! (men’s 9+ or women’s 10+)
  • Gloves
  • Belts (plain, size 30-36)
  • ANY Outdoor Wear: hoodies, coats, sweatpants. Water-resistant preferred.
  • Bandanas and head wraps

Think Outdoorsy!

Thank you, Corvallis!

Justice Outreach Offering in January – NAACP

For the month of January our Justice Outreach offering will benefit the Linn Benton NAACP. The NAACP works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

Learn more at the Linn Benton NAACP Website.

Democracy Action Team: Let’s Buy Some Stamps!

During the last election cycle, members of UUFC’s Democracy Action Team wrote 20,000 letters to voters around the country, encouraging all to vote.  Our team is gearing up for another critical election season this year, and to prepare, they need to buy stamps for all those letters.  (Given the price of stamps, the cost of being a letter-writer can be prohibitive for some).  Several members of the team are offering a one-to-one match for all donations to the Stamp Fund:  All donations up to $5000 will be matched!   Stamp prices increase on January 21 – can you help raise another $5000 to support this important work? 

DONATE

Faith-based climate action this week, 12-31

Good News

Climate-action Opportunities

Of Note

Save the Date

Do it Your Way: The Climate Action Team invites and encourages us all to renew our dedication to climate action and climate justice and our celebration of the interdependent web of all existence. Do this in the ways that work for you and yours. Happy New Year.

Podcasts recommended by Katharine Hayhoe:  Warm Regards podcast,  How to Save a Planet podcast, &  No Place Like Home podcast. These have wrapped up their programming, but it’s never too late to binge! Co-hosted by some of Katharine Hayhoe’s favorite women colleagues – Jacquelyn Gill, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Mary Anne Hitt, and Anna Jane Joyner – they take a deep dive into the heart of how we feel about the climate crisis, why it matters, and what we can all do about it.

Inside Climate News (ICN): ICN Newsletters deliver climate news to your inbox like nobody else. Every day or once a week, original stories and digest of the web’s top headlines deliver the full story, for free: ICN Weekly, Inside Clean Energy, Today’s Climate, & Breaking News.  Subscribe to the Inside Climate News website

Looking Back

  • Good News. We started sharing “Good News” on Sat 9 Apr, 2022. We presented 22 pages of linked Good News stories in 2022 and 34 pages in Good News stories in 2023. There is indeed lot’s of bad news, but also so much good!  On 11/1/23, we started tracking the number of times Good News is clicked, and as of 12/28, the tally is 56.
  • Climate Action Opportunities. These began on Sat 25 Feb, 2023, and since then shared 136 Opportunities. Since 11/1/23, Opportunities have been clicked 58 times as of 12/28.
  • Of Note.Since Sat 18 Mar, 2023 we have shared 12 pages of linked science-based climate resources. As of 12/28, these have been clicked 33 times since 11/1/23
  • CATweek. Started on Sat 2 Sep, 2023. As of 12/28, there are 37 subscribers to this weekly Email.  To date, the email has been opened 306 times.

Cheers, Michael

The one thing we need more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere.

Greta Thunberg